Manchette, Jean-Patrick
1942 - 1995

Jean-Patrick Manchette was a French author credited for having revolutionised noir fiction in France. He was born in...

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Pronzini, Bill
1943 -

The extremely prolific American author William John "Bill" Pronzini is the prize-winning author of over a hundred works of...

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Shepherd, Lynn
1964 -

The British author, Lynn Shepherd, attracted a great deal of attention in literary circles with her crime novels that...

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Leonard, Elmore
1925 - 2013

The American author Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was born in New Orleans, but because his father worked for the automobile...

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