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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Leonard, Elmore
1925 - 2013

The American author Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was born in New Orleans, but because his father worked for the automobile...

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Hannah, Sophie
1971 -

The British poet and novelist Sophie Hannah was born and raised in Manchester. She grew up with her younger sister in a...

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Adler-Olsen, Jussi
1950 -

The Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen (his real name is Carl Valdemar Jussi Henry Adler-Olsen) chose, at the tender age of...

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