Biggers, Earl Derr
1884 - 1933

Earl Derr Biggers was an American journalist, theatre critic and the father of Charlie Chan, a Chinese detective from...

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Canning, Victor
1911 - 1986

Victor Canning was a British author of humorous adventure stories and thrillers. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. At the...

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Cross, Amanda
1926 - 2003

Carolyn Gold Heilbrun was a successful American academic, feminist and author of a series of mystery novels published under...

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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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