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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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Portrait of Robert Harris

Harris, Robert
1957 -

Robert Dennis Harris is a British author born in Nottingham where his father worked at a printing plant. When he was very...

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Portrait of Ed McBain

McBain, Ed
1926 - 2005

Ed McBain is the best-known pen name for Evan Hunter, born Salvatore Alberto Lombino, a versatile and prolific American...

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Portrait image of Daphne Du Maurier

Du Maurier, Daphne
1907 - 1989

The British novelist and playwright Daphne du Maurier was born in London to parents who were both prominent actors; her...

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Portrait of Norman Mailer

Mailer, Norman
1923 - 2007

The American author, journalist and public debater Norman (in reality Nachem Malek) Mailer was born in Long Branch, New...

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