Durbridge, Francis
1912 - 1998

The British crime writer Francis Durbridge was born in Hull in Yorkshire. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School in...

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Ambler, Eric
1909 - 1998

Eric Clifford Ambler was a British author and playwright born in London. His parents were music hall artists, and at the...

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Tey, Josephine
1896 - 1952

Josephine Tey (the author of popular mystery novels) and Gordon Daviot (a well-known English playwright between 1933 and...

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Cole, Martina
1959 -

Martina Cole is one best-selling British authors of the 21st century; according to the mass media, only Harry Potter’s c...

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