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It is 145 years today since Freeman Wills Crofts was born.
Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin, Ireland, as the son of a British army surgeon who died when Croft was still young. Because his mother then married an archdeacon, Croft was brought up in a deeply religious home. He studied engineering, and at the age of seventeen he became an apprentice at the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway where he stayed until 1929 when he left for health...
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![Portrait image of Daphne Du Maurier](images/writer/422/6197cac3e67140535ec9416b9017c3db36835e39e7782.jpg)
Du Maurier, Daphne
1907 - 1989
The British novelist and playwright Daphne du Maurier was born in London to parents who were both prominent actors; her...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Alsterdal, Tove](images/writer/6004/wm_BR_6004_20150907104112_Large.jpg)
Alsterdal, Tove
1960 -
Swedish author, dramatist and journalist Tove Alsterdal has her roots in Norrbotten and Värmland. Her mother, sociologist ...
Further reading![Portrait of Scott Turow](images/writer/1760/60942a77ea6a10518633a707bae29280b9cd1be805921.jpg)
Turow, Scott
1949 -
Scott Frederick Turow is an American author born in Chicago, Illinois, where his father was working as a physicist. Both...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Stribling, T.S.](images/writer/2436/5a8ae9784d74bb4bff173185df090128ec9062b811329.jpg)
Stribling, T.S.
1881 - 1965
The American author T.S. (Thomas Sigismund) Stribling was born in the little town of Clifton in Tennessee. His father had...
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