Hammett, Dashiell
1894 - 1961

American detective writer, born in St. Mary's County in Maryland. He grew up in Baltimore where his family moved when he...

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Gardner, Erle Stanley
1889 - 1970

Erle Stanley Gardner was an American author and lawyer born in Malden, Massachusetts. His father was a mining engineer who...

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Uhnak, Dorothy
1930 - 2006

Dorothy Uhnak was an American detective and creator of police procedural fiction. She was born Dorothy Goldstein in the...

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Norman, Diana
1933 - 2011

The British author and journalist Diana Norman has become known for her historical novels, some of which were published...

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