Chandler, Raymond
1888 - 1959

American detective writer, born in Chicago. He spent his early childhood in Wyoming and Nebraska. His parents divorced when...

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Christie, Agatha
1890 - 1976

English detective writer, born as Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller in an affluent middle-class home in Torquay in Devon County....

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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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Turèll, Dan
1946 - 1993

Danish novelist and poet who was something as unusual as a well-respected and genuinely popular cultural figure. He was...

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