Chandler, Raymond
1888 - 1959

American detective writer, born in Chicago. He spent his early childhood in Wyoming and Nebraska. His parents divorced when...

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Hellström, Börge
1957 - 2017

Börge Hellström was a former criminal turned author. After a tough childhood he became an alcoholic and a drug addict, and e...

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Child, Lee
1954 -

Lee Child is the pen name of the British author and television producer Jim Grant. He was born in Coventry as one of four...

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Kerr, Philip
1956 - 2018

Philip Kerr was a Scottish author born in Edinburgh. His family were Baptists. Kerr read law and philosophy at the...

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