Futrelle, Jacques
1875 - 1912

The American journalist and author Jacques Heath Futrelle made sure there was room for his wife in a lifeboat before he...

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Dunant, Sarah
1950 -

The writer, broadcaster and critic Sarah Dunant was born in London. She attended Godolphin and Latymer School and Newnham...

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Cleeves, Ann
1954 -

The British crime writer Ann Cleeves grew up in Herefordshire and North Devon, England. Her father was a teacher. After...

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Parker, Robert B.
1932 - 2010

Robert Brown Parker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, where his father was head of a telephone company. Parker...

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