Brett, Simon
1945 -

British author born in Worcester Park, Surrey. In 1949, the family moved to Ealing and a year later to Banstead where he...

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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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Simenon, Georges
1903 - 1989

Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian author. He was born to Catholic middle-class parents in Liège. Georges ...

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Hill, Reginald
1936 - 2012

The British author Reginald Charles Hill was born in West Hartlepool, Durham, but he moved with his family to Carlisle,...

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