Sayers, Dorothy L.
1893 - 1957

English writer and translator, born in Oxford as the only child of Henry Sayers, rector of Christchurch Cathedral Choir...

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Cook, Robin (1940-)
1940 -

American doctor, businessman and author, who has written a long row of thriller-like medical crime novels, many of which...

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Manchette, Jean-Patrick
1942 - 1995

Jean-Patrick Manchette was a French author credited for having revolutionised noir fiction in France. He was born in...

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Atkinson, Kate
1951 -

The British author Kate Atkinson was born in York, her father was a shopkeeper. She read English literature at Dundee...

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