Chandler, Raymond
1888 - 1959

American detective writer, born in Chicago. He spent his early childhood in Wyoming and Nebraska. His parents divorced when...

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Bolton, Sharon
1960 -

The English author Sharon Bolton was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, as the oldest of three girls. She grew up in Darwen and...

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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...

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Bloch, Robert
1917 - 1994

Robert Albert Bloch was born in Chicago. He moved with his family to Milwaukee in Wisconsin when he was ten years old. His...

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