Evanovich, Janet
1943 -

An American writer, born as Janet Schneider in South River, New Jersey. As a child, she preferred drawing over writing, and...

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Rankin, Ian
1960 -

The Scottish crime writer Ian James Rankin was born in the coal mining town of Cardenden, Fife, where his father owned a...

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Vachss, Andrew H.
1942 - 2021

Andrew Henry Vachss was an American author of crime fiction. He was born in Manhattan, New York, and grew up on Long...

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McCall Smith, Alexander
1948 -

The British author Alexander McCall Smith – called Sandy by family and friends – was born in Bulawayo in the then British col...

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