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It is 145 years today since Freeman Wills Crofts was born.
Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin, Ireland, as the son of a British army surgeon who died when Croft was still young. Because his mother then married an archdeacon, Croft was brought up in a deeply religious home. He studied engineering, and at the age of seventeen he became an apprentice at the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway where he stayed until 1929 when he left for health...
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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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Fox, Candice
1985 -
Australian crime-fiction writer and teacher, born and raised in Bankstown, which is close to Sydney where she now lives....
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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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Bodelsen, Anders
1937 - 2021
Anders Bodelsen was a Danish author, journalist and critic born in the Copenhagen district of Frederiksberg. He then lived...
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