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It is 92 years today since Gavin Lyall was born.
Gavin Tudor Lyall was a British author of espionage thrillers. He was born in Birmingham, England, where he attended the King Edward VI School between 1943 and 1951. After serving in the Royal Air Force 1951–53, he read English at Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1956. While at Cambridge he edited the student newspaper Varsity in which he also published a c...
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Beckett, Simon
1960 -
English author whose crime novels have become more popular in other countries – including Scandinavia and Germany – than at h...
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Hammesfahr, Petra
1951 -
Petra Hammesfahr is an award-winning, bestselling German author of crime fiction. All her principal characters are women....
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Harvey, John
1938 -
The British author, editor and teacher John Barton Harvey grew up in London where he attended St. Aloysius College. He...
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Follett, Ken
1949 -
British author and journalist born in Cardiff, Wales. Kenneth "Ken" Follett’s parents were active members of the church of t...
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