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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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Flynn, Gillian
1971 -
Already as a child, the American author and journalist Gillian Flynn was fascinated by horror and crime. She read books...
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Herron, Mick
1963 -
The British crime writer Mick Herron was born and raised in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He read literature at Balliol College,...
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Adams, Herbert
1874 - 1958
British author that would have been largely forgotten had it not been for his being the first and most prolific author of...
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Peace, David
1967 -
David Peace is a British novelist. He was born and raised in Osset near Leeds in Yorkshire. He was educated in Wakefield,...
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