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It is 120 years today since Margery Allingham was born.
English crime writer born in Ealing, London, as the daughter of Herbert John Allingham and his wife and cousin Emily Jane Hughes. Both parents were writers and journalists who regularly contributed to various weekly magazines. Herbert John was the editor of the New London Journal as well as the Christian Globe.
Margery Allingham grew up in Essex as the oldest of three children. She was... -
It is 68 years today since Boris Akunin was born.
Boris Akunin is the pseudonym of the Russian writer and translator Grigory Chkhartishvili of Georgian-Jewish origin. He was born in Zestaponi, Georgian USSR. His father was an officer and his mother a teacher. When Chkhartishvili was two years old, the family left Georgia and moved to Moscow where he grew up and attended school, majoring in English. Having become fascinated by Japanese culture...
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Davidsen, Leif
1950 -
Leif Davidsen in a Danish author and journalist born in Otterup on northern Funen. He grew up there and in the neighbouring...
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Harvey, John
1938 -
The British author, editor and teacher John Barton Harvey grew up in London where he attended St. Aloysius College. He...
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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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Jungstedt, Mari
1962 -
Mari Jungstedt is a Swedish journalist, broadcaster and author born in Stockholm. Her parents were very young when they...
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