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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Brett, Simon
1945 -

British author born in Worcester Park, Surrey. In 1949, the family moved to Ealing and a year later to Banstead where he...

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Grafton, Sue
1940 - 2017

Sue Taylor Grafton was an American author of detective novels born in Louisville, Kentucky. Her father, Cornelius Warren...

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Rimington, Stella
1935 -

Dame Stella Rimington is a British author of spy novels. She is a former intelligence officer, she was the first female...

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