Rankin, Ian
1960 -

The Scottish crime writer Ian James Rankin was born in the coal mining town of Cardenden, Fife, where his father owned a...

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Paretsky, Sara
1947 -

The American author Sara Paretsky was a leading proponent – alongside Marcia Muller, Sue Grafton and others – during a per...

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Marinina, Alexandra
1957 -

Alexandra Marinina is the pseudonym of Marina Anatolyevna Alekseyeva, a Russian author born in Lviv, western Ukraine. Her...

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Freemantle, Brian
1936 -

Brian Harry Freemantle is a British writer and journalist. He was born in Southampton, Hampshire, where he attended...

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