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...

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Leonard, Elmore
1925 - 2013

The American author Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was born in New Orleans, but because his father worked for the automobile...

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Harris, Thomas
1940 -

American author who has become known for his thrillers with their atmosphere of horror about the doctor, psychopath and...

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Post, Melville Davisson
1869 - 1930

Melville Davisson Post was an American lawyer, politician, author and remembered as the first great American crime writer...

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