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It is 145 years today since Freeman Wills Crofts was born.
Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin, Ireland, as the son of a British army surgeon who died when Croft was still young. Because his mother then married an archdeacon, Croft was brought up in a deeply religious home. He studied engineering, and at the age of seventeen he became an apprentice at the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway where he stayed until 1929 when he left for health...
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Harper, Jane
1980 -
Jane Harper was born in Manchester, England. When she was eight years old she moved with her family to Australia. For six...
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Kantor, MacKinlay
1904 - 1977
The author and journalist MacKinlay Kantor was born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor in Webster City, Iowa. His father, John Martin...
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Osman, Richard
1970 -
Richard Osman is an English comedian, TV-personality and programme presenter who made his international writing...
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Herbert, James
1943 - 2013
James Herbert from England was one of the best-selling and most praised authors of horror fiction in the late 20th century....
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