Spillane, Mickey
1918 - 2006

The American author Frank Morrison Spillane was born in Brooklyn, New York, to an Irish Catholic father and Scottish...

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Jónasson, Ragnar
1976 -

The Icelandic author Ragnar Jónasson was born in Reykjavik. He grew up in a writing family where several family members are ...

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Larsson, Åsa
1966 -

Swedish crime writer and former tax lawyer born in Uppsala. Both parents grew up near the city of Kiruna in the north of...

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O'Donnell, Peter
1920 - 2010

Peter O’Donnell was a British author born in Lewisham, London, to an Irish family. His father was a well-known crime r...

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