Stout, Rex
1886 - 1975

The American author Rex Todhunter Stout was born in Noblesville, Indiana, as the sixth of nine children to John and Lucetta...

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Eco, Umberto
1932 - 2016

Umberto Eco was an Italian author, literary scholar, historian and philosopher born in Alessandria in Piedmont. His surname...

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Herbert, James
1943 - 2013

James Herbert from England was one of the best-selling and most praised authors of horror fiction in the late 20th century....

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Hall, Tarquin
1969 -

British author and journalist born in London. He attended boarding school in Dorset until his father's bankruptcy. When he...

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