Atkinson, Kate
1951 -

The British author Kate Atkinson was born in York, her father was a shopkeeper. She read English literature at Dundee...

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Bodkin, M. McDonnell
1850 - 1933

Matthias McDonnell Bodkin was an Irish barrister, journalist, Irish nationalist and Member of Parliament. He is best known...

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Vargas, Fred
1957 -

Fred Vargas is a pseudonym used by the French historian, archaeologist and crime writer Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau. "Vargas" w...

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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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