Sample of Authors
![Portrait of Ngaio Marsh](images/writer/1134/609a9465d5f9aded0085dc2e0c883e1a24b969c84b4bd.jpg)
Marsh, Ngaio
1895 - 1982
The New Zealand author Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh was born in Merivale, Christchurch. Her father was an immigrant English bank...
Further reading![Portrait image of Vera Caspary](images/writer/5586/618164cc1efa8d7b414549a3d1b7bc3731c6255e959e5.jpg)
Caspary, Vera
1899 - 1987
The American author Vera Caspary spent a great deal of time and effort writing her popular screen and stage plays, but she...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Beckett, Simon](images/writer/5431/wm_BR_5431_20140321102231_Large.jpg)
Beckett, Simon
1960 -
English author whose crime novels have become more popular in other countries – including Scandinavia and Germany – than at h...
Further reading![Portrait image of Mika Waltari](images/writer/1826/62682debc2c1167de2f53fef44bd6fddb5103cd347fd9.jpg)
Waltari, Mika
1908 - 1979
The Finnish author Mika Waltari is considered one of the foremost Nordic authors of the 20th century. Many of his books are...
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