Patterson, James
1947 -

The American author, James Patterson, was born and grew up in Newburgh in the State of New York. His father was an...

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Allingham, Margery
1904 - 1966

English crime writer born in Ealing, London, as the daughter of Herbert John Allingham and his wife and cousin Emily Jane...

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Gaboriau, Émile
1832 - 1873

While Edgar Allan Poe, the American author of short stories, is generally considered to be the father of modern crime...

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Rimington, Stella
1935 -

Dame Stella Rimington is a British author of spy novels. She is a former intelligence officer, she was the first female...

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