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![Portrait image of Jim Thompson](images/writer/4956/619508b159d2f79ca4cbb9058ee0896c6c40db00aead4.jpg)
Thompson, Jim
1906 - 1977
James Myers "Jim" Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. His father was of Scottish origin while his mother had Cherokee...
Further reading![Portrait of Alexandra Marinina](images/writer/3470/60942ed2938bc23703f23550f3ce04749ffc6c57a795d.jpg)
Marinina, Alexandra
1957 -
Alexandra Marinina is the pseudonym of Marina Anatolyevna Alekseyeva, a Russian author born in Lviv, western Ukraine. Her...
Further reading![Portrait of Ferdinand von Schirach](images/writer/5846/609945687bdc65de8fbd55127c3cb9c6cedbdcc5991fc.jpg)
Schirach, Ferdinand von
1964 -
Ferdinand von Schirach is a German lawyer and author born in Munich to a wealthy Protestant family. He grew up in Munich...
Further reading![Portrait of James Lee Burke](images/writer/266/609a8e48283ef21e976f169a01cbb69587498f71ae99a.jpg)
Burke, James Lee
1936 -
James Lee Burke is an American author of Irish descent born in Houston, Texas, and brought up on the Texas-Louisiana Gulf...
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