Rankin, Ian
1960 -

The Scottish crime writer Ian James Rankin was born in the coal mining town of Cardenden, Fife, where his father owned a...

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Qiu Xiaolong
1953 -

Qiu Xiaolong is a Chinese author, poet, translator and scholar. He was born in Shanghai and grew up in post-revolution...

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Fonseca, Rubem
1925 - 2020

Brazilian author, born in Juiz de Fora in Minas Gerais, but at the age of 7 moved to Rio de Janeiro. Fonseca gained a...

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Yorke, Margaret
1924 - 2012

Margaret Yorke is the pseudonym of the popular English author of crime fiction Margaret Nicholson. She has been described...

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