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It is 93 years today since Derek Raymond was born.
English author, who during a Bohemian and wandering life occupied himself with a number of different jobs and activities, a by-no-means small part of them criminal. This is also reflected in his books: he is known as a pioneer in the crime-literature sub-genre called ‘British noir’, and which is usually set in environments and among people at the bottom of society. The books have been criticised f...
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Pepetela
1941 -
His full name is Artur Carlos Mauricio Pestana dos Santos, an Angolan author, born in the coastal town of Benguela. He took...
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Lansdale, Joe R.
1951 -
American author, combat athlete and self-defence expert, born and raised in Gladewater, Texas. The incredibly productive...
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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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Hall, Tarquin
1969 -
British author and journalist born in London. He attended boarding school in Dorset until his father's bankruptcy. When he...
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