Leon, Donna
1942 -

The American crime writer Donna Leon was born in Montclaire, New Jersey. At the age of twenty-three, she published her...

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Innes, Hammond
1913 - 1998

Pseudonym used by the British novelist Ralph Hammond-Innes who was born in Horsham, Sussex, to Scottish parents. He...

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Parsons, Julie
1951 -

Writer of detective stories Julie Parsons was born and grew up in New Zealand, to which her Irish parents had emigrated in...

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Vidal, Gore
1925 - 2012

The American novelist and essayist Gore Vidal was born at West Point, New York. He was originally christened Eugene Vidal,...

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