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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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Hornung, E.W.
1866 - 1921
The English teacher and journalist Ernest William Hornung (Willie to his family) was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s b...
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Tuomainen, Antti
1971 -
A Finnish author and journalist who gained international attention with his crime novels. They are translated into a number...
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Høeg, Peter
1957 -
The Danish author Peter Høeg was born in Copenhagen and grew up in the inner-city district of Christianshavn. His mother ...
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Cook, Robin (1940-)
1940 -
American doctor, businessman and author, who has written a long row of thriller-like medical crime novels, many of which...
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