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![Portrait image of Francis Durbridge](images/writer/426/618cfbd48b72663fcae30443ba9b06baf04f5f80c71bb.jpg)
Durbridge, Francis
1912 - 1998
The British crime writer Francis Durbridge was born in Hull in Yorkshire. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School in...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Green, A.K.](images/writer/4702/4702.jpg)
Green, A.K.
1846 - 1935
The American author A.K. (Anna Katharine) Green pioneered the crime writing genre, and many of her novels have been...
Further reading![Portrait of Chester Himes](images/writer/2950/60993628d14429f08b7890065f2374cfc2bff83bd77df.jpg)
Himes, Chester
1909 - 1984
Chester Bomar Himes was among the foremost Afro-American authors, especially in terms of the way he wrote about racism in...
Further reading![Portrait of Donald E. Westlake](images/writer/1852/609a4caaa4d72df787f88fa184dd7ea3a9fc3662598ed.jpg)
Westlake, Donald E.
1933 - 2008
Donald Edwin Westlake was an American author of Irish descent born in Brooklyn, New York. As a small boy, he moved with his...
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