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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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Deighton, Len
1929 -
The British author Len Deighton was born as Leonard Cyril Deighton in London. His father was a chauffeur; his mother worked...
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Hannah, Sophie
1971 -
The British poet and novelist Sophie Hannah was born and raised in Manchester. She grew up with her younger sister in a...
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Spain, Jo
1979 -
The Irish author Joanne ‘Jo’ Spain was born into a working-class family in the little notorious residential district of Bel...
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Block, Lawrence
1938 -
Lawrence Block is an American author of crime fiction born in Buffalo. He attended Antioch College, Ohio, between 1955 and...
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