Highsmith, Patricia
1921 - 1995

Patricia Highsmith was an American author born in Fort Worth, Texas, as Mary Patricia Plangman. Both parents were artists...

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Lethem, Jonathan
1964 -

The extremely prolific American author Jonathan Allen Lethem is best known for his crime novels, many of them with science...

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King, Stephen
1947 -

Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine. His father, Donald Pollock, a vacuum cleaner salesman, sailor and...

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Thompson, Jim
1906 - 1977

James Myers "Jim" Thompson was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma. His father was of Scottish origin while his mother had Cherokee...

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