Futrelle, Jacques
1875 - 1912

The American journalist and author Jacques Heath Futrelle made sure there was room for his wife in a lifeboat before he...

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Johnstone, Doug
1970 -

The Scottish novelist, musician and journalist Douglas ‘Doug’ Johnstone was born in Irvine in Scotland, but grew up in the Sc...

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Zangwill, Israel
1864 - 1926

Israel Zangwill was a British Jewish author. His father had emigrated from Lithuania and his mother was a Polish refugee....

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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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