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It is 88 years today since Brian Freemantle was born.
Brian Harry Freemantle is a British writer and journalist. He was born in Southampton, Hampshire, where he attended Bitterne Park Secondary Modern School. After leaving school in 1953, Freemantle began working for local newspapers and was later employed at the New Milton Advertiser. In 1958, he moved to London where he was foreign editor as well as a foreign correspondent posted in some 30...
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![Portrait image of Åsa Nilsonne](images/writer/1251/wm_BR_62e3de467769fb119ce0b1509e71cd2a5268b397b1161.jpg)
Nilsonne, Åsa
1949 -
Åsa Nilsonne is a Swedish psychiatrist, translator and crime writer. She was born in Stockholm, but as the daughter of a ...
Further reading![Portrait image of Ross Macdonald](images/writer/1101/619ad928be96c31daadb761a710895637c7081f68d2e6.jpg)
Macdonald, Ross
1915 - 1983
Ross Macdonald is a pseudonym for the American-Canadian crime writer Kenneth Millar. He was born in Los Gatos, California,...
Further reading![Portrait image of Pierre Boileau](images/writer/5580/61978e7d910a9c9f1819dd06cbf7f1197884b0e60ef4c.jpg)
Boileau, Pierre
1906 - 1989
Pierre Boileau was one half of the partnership (and the brand) Boileau-Narcejac, which can best be described as French...
Further reading![Portrait image of William Brodrick](images/writer/5432/6197b24aa22e340248bac15850244364826758a9df418.jpg)
Brodrick, William
1960 -
The British crime writer William Brodrick was born in Bolton, Lancashire, but when he was eleven years old the family...
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