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It is 93 years today since Derek Raymond was born.
English author, who during a Bohemian and wandering life occupied himself with a number of different jobs and activities, a by-no-means small part of them criminal. This is also reflected in his books: he is known as a pioneer in the crime-literature sub-genre called ‘British noir’, and which is usually set in environments and among people at the bottom of society. The books have been criticised f...
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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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Pollock, Donald Ray
1954 -
The American author Donald Ray Pollock was born and grew up in America’s backyard. In the little community called K...
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Brooks, Kevin
1959 -
Kevin Brooks was born in Exeter and has studied Philosophy and Psychology at Aston University in Birmingham and in London....
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Lockridge, Frances
1896 - 1963
The American author and journalist Frances Lockridge was born as Frances Davis in Kansas City in Missouri, where she also...
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