Woods, Stuart
1938 - 2022

Stuart Woods was an American author of crime fiction and former racing sailor whose first novel is now considered a crime...

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Vidal, Gore
1925 - 2012

The American novelist and essayist Gore Vidal was born at West Point, New York. He was originally christened Eugene Vidal,...

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Patterson, James
1947 -

The American author, James Patterson, was born and grew up in Newburgh in the State of New York. His father was an...

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Vidocq, Eugène François
1775 - 1857

Few people have had a life and a professional career to match that of the criminal, police officer, criminologist and...

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