Gaboriau, Émile
1832 - 1873

While Edgar Allan Poe, the American author of short stories, is generally considered to be the father of modern crime...

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Childers, Erskine
1870 - 1922

The British author Robert Erskine Childers (not to be confused with his son Erskine Hamilton Childers, the fourth president...

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O'Connell, Carol
1947 -

Carol O’Connel is an American author and artist best known for her books about the ruthless hardboiled detective Kathleen "...

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Collins, Wilkie
1824 - 1889

The British author Wilkie Collins (William Wilkie Collins) wrote a series of extremely successful novels as well as a...

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