Sample of Authors
![Författarporträtt av Wentworth, Patricia](images/writer/6057/6057_20120828094614.jpg)
Wentworth, Patricia
1878 - 1961
"Patricia Wentworth" was born Dora Amy Elles in Mussoorie, India, during the British Raj. Her father was an army officer,...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Gaboriau, Émile](images/writer/4713/4713_20121122232123.jpg)
Gaboriau, Émile
1832 - 1873
While Edgar Allan Poe, the American author of short stories, is generally considered to be the father of modern crime...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Horst, Jørn Lier](images/writer/6196/wm_BR_6196_20160316133456_Large.jpg)
Horst, Jørn Lier
1970 -
A Norwegian former police officer who in the 2000s became one of Norway’s most popular crime-fiction writers among adult as w...
Further reading![Portrait image of John Dickson Carr](images/writer/297/6298f94cdcb79375b44d784e03adc7bce9c91a8b93609.jpg)
Carr, John Dickson
1906 - 1977
American author of detective stories born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. His father was a criminal lawyer and politician who...
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