Derleth, August
1909 - 1971

American author, poet, editor and publisher, who wrote his first published novel Bat’s Belfry when he was 15 years old. W...

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McCall Smith, Alexander
1948 -

The British author Alexander McCall Smith – called Sandy by family and friends – was born in Bulawayo in the then British col...

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Lindstein, Mariette
1958 -

Swedish author and lecturer, born as Mariette Westam in Halmstad, where she also grew up. As a child, she wrote ghost...

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Wallace, Edgar
1875 - 1932

During his most productive period, the English author Edgar Wallace was one of the most popular authors in Europe....

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