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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Charteris, Leslie
1907 - 1993

Leslie Charteris was born in colonial Singapore as Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin. His father, Suat Chuan Yin, was a wealthy...

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Bagley, Desmond
1923 - 1983

British author of thrillers born in Kendal, Cumbria (formerly Westmorland), in northwest England, an area known as the Lake...

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Harris, Robert
1957 -

Robert Dennis Harris is a British author born in Nottingham where his father worked at a printing plant. When he was very...

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