MacLean, Alistair
1922 - 1987

The Scottish author Alistair Stuart MacLean was born in Shettleston, Glasgow, in a Gaelic-speaking family as Alasdair...

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Bernuth, Christa
1961 -

The German journalist and crime author Christa von Bernuth was born in Munich where she still lives. After attending...

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Francis, Dick
1920 - 2010

The British jockey and author Richard Stanley "Dick" Francis is famous worldwide both as a champion jockey – at one time j...

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Kent, Hannah
1985 -

The Australian author Hannah Kent looks back on an idyllic childhood in Adelaide Hills. Together with her little sister,...

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