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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 Freeman Wills Crofts](images/writer/5502/6197d28b84ca9487d9373f31216990d470233a14527f8.jpg)
Crofts, Freeman Wills
1879 - 1957
Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin, Ireland, as the son of a British army surgeon who died when Croft was still young....
Further reading![Portrait of Ken Follett](images/writer/546/603e803e04de2455d7464c954425d7bfed4756aa0a990.jpg)
Follett, Ken
1949 -
British author and journalist born in Cardiff, Wales. Kenneth "Ken" Follett’s parents were active members of the church of t...
Further reading![Portrait image of Josephine Bell](images/writer/6478/6197954c58f0234a924ef166b9e084f5204e9d8b4165c.jpg)
Bell, Josephine
1897 - 1987
Josephine Bell is the pseudonym of the British writer and physician Doris Bell Ball, the author of radio plays, serials, a...
Further reading![Portrait of Tony Hillerman](images/writer/765/609a996c60521c35f9362cb598aa4ddf52b81623518e7.jpg)
Hillerman, Tony
1925 - 2008
American author of German descent born as Anthony Grove Hillerman in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma. Tony Hillerman grew up on a...
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