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  • It is 88 years today since Brian Freemantle was born.

    Brian Harry Freemantle is a British writer and journalist. He was born in Southampton, Hampshire, where he attended Bitterne Park Secondary Modern School. After leaving school in 1953, Freemantle began working for local newspapers and was later employed at the New Milton Advertiser. In 1958, he moved to London where he was foreign editor as well as a foreign correspondent posted in some 30...

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Portrait image of Sébastien Japrisot

Japrisot, Sébastien
1931 - 2003

Pseudonym for the French author, translator and filmmaker Jean-Baptiste Rossi who was born in Marseille to Italian parents....

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Portrait of Janet Evanovich

Evanovich, Janet
1943 -

An American writer, born as Janet Schneider in South River, New Jersey. As a child, she preferred drawing over writing, and...

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Jónasson, Ragnar
1976 -

The Icelandic author Ragnar Jónasson was born in Reykjavik. He grew up in a writing family where several family members are ...

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Portrait of John D. MacDonald

MacDonald, John D.
1916 - 1986

The American author John Dann MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania. His father (who was of Scottish ancestry) pursued...

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