Manchette, Jean-Patrick
1942 - 1995

Jean-Patrick Manchette was a French author credited for having revolutionised noir fiction in France. He was born in...

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Vargas, Fred
1957 -

Fred Vargas is a pseudonym used by the French historian, archaeologist and crime writer Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau. "Vargas" w...

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Atkinson, Kate
1951 -

The British author Kate Atkinson was born in York, her father was a shopkeeper. She read English literature at Dundee...

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Cody, Liza
1944 -

Pseudonym for Liza Nassim, English crime fiction writer, born in London where she grew up. She had problems in school – it l...

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