Gaboriau, Émile
1832 - 1873

While Edgar Allan Poe, the American author of short stories, is generally considered to be the father of modern crime...

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Nesbø, Jo
1960 -

The Norwegian, Jo Nesbø, is one of Norway’s most appreciated and successful crime writers. He was born in Oslo as Jon Ne...

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Collins, Wilkie
1824 - 1889

The British author Wilkie Collins (William Wilkie Collins) wrote a series of extremely successful novels as well as a...

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Orczy, Emmuska
1865 - 1947

Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi, or Emmuska, which she preferred to be called, was born in...

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