Leroux, Gaston
1868 - 1927

Gaston Leroux was born in Paris but grew up in a little village in Normandy close to the home of his maternal grandparents....

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Wahlöö, Per
1926 - 1975

Per Fredrik Wahlöö was a Swedish author born in Kungsbacka. His father was a newspaper editor in Lund. Per Wahlöö passed his...

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Smith, Martin Cruz
1942 -

Martin Cruz Smith, born Martin William Smith, is an American author of thrillers born in Reading, Pennsylvania. His father...

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Collins, Wilkie
1824 - 1889

The British author Wilkie Collins (William Wilkie Collins) wrote a series of extremely successful novels as well as a...

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