Gaboriau, Émile
1832 - 1873

While Edgar Allan Poe, the American author of short stories, is generally considered to be the father of modern crime...

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Henry, O.
1862 - 1910

O. Henry was born as William Sidney Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina. He later changed the spelling of his middle name...

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Noll, Ingrid
1935 -

The German author Ingrid Noll was born in Shanghai. Her parents had left Hessen for China where her father, a physician,...

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May, Peter
1951 -

Writer of crime novels and TV manuscripts who has received many prizes. He was born in Glasgow in Scotland, but has lived...

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