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It is 88 years today since Brian Freemantle was born.
Brian Harry Freemantle is a British writer and journalist. He was born in Southampton, Hampshire, where he attended Bitterne Park Secondary Modern School. After leaving school in 1953, Freemantle began working for local newspapers and was later employed at the New Milton Advertiser. In 1958, he moved to London where he was foreign editor as well as a foreign correspondent posted in some 30...
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![Författarporträtt av Le Queux, William](images/writer/7847/627c9eab8b2b903cebb5e3bf6d28ee34d87b642b00538.jpg)
Le Queux, William
1864 - 1927
One of the most remarkable, and most productive, British authors in the early 20th century was William Le Queux who wrote...
Further reading![Portrait of John D. MacDonald](images/writer/2981/609937feaf107a24e2537f9e6b9542cf96fc882a4f535.jpg)
MacDonald, John D.
1916 - 1986
The American author John Dann MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania. His father (who was of Scottish ancestry) pursued...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Doctorow, E.L.](images/writer/404/404_20140123090546.jpg)
Doctorow, E.L.
1931 - 2015
American author of Russian-Jewish descent who grew up in the Bronx where his father owned a record store and his mother was...
Further reading![Portrait image of Dashiell Hammett](images/writer/692/61926aacc63afbffa299fd7d71e60212c31220aa8782f.jpg)
Hammett, Dashiell
1894 - 1961
American detective writer, born in St. Mary's County in Maryland. He grew up in Baltimore where his family moved when he...
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