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It is 88 years today since Brian Freemantle was born.
Brian Harry Freemantle is a British writer and journalist. He was born in Southampton, Hampshire, where he attended Bitterne Park Secondary Modern School. After leaving school in 1953, Freemantle began working for local newspapers and was later employed at the New Milton Advertiser. In 1958, he moved to London where he was foreign editor as well as a foreign correspondent posted in some 30...
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![Portrait image of Geoffrey Household](images/writer/791/61926f5cd752fd03dc34bddcc50a5d7268bc9ee890317.jpg)
Household, Geoffrey
1900 - 1988
Geoffrey Edward West Household grew up in Bristol where he attended Clifton College in 1914–19. He went on to study English a...
Further reading![Portrait of Martha Grimes](images/writer/3425/605076284f112bf4935ef9e8ba81aed174edbb0af3498.jpg)
Grimes, Martha
1931 -
Martha Grimes is an American author of detective stories born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her father, a lawyer, died when...
Further reading![Portrait of Jasper Fforde](images/writer/4660/6074985b1c380fbb4eea293544b725761e20c9c44cbc0.jpg)
Fforde, Jasper
1961 -
Jasper Fforde is a British author. He grew up in London and Wales. His father was an economist who was Chief Cashier of the...
Further reading![Portrait image of Ellery Queen](images/writer/1413/619ae052a8b563721aadb32c381cad26afb64b7e15b1d.jpg)
Queen, Ellery
Pseudonym
Ellery Queen is a pen name shared by Frederic Dannay, born Daniel Nathan, and Manfred B. (Bennington) Lee, born Manford...
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