McDermid, Val
1955 -

Val McDermid is a Scottish crime writer born in Kirkcaldy, Fife. She attended Kirkcaldy High School where she was among a...

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Allen, Grant
1848 - 1899

Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen was a British philosopher, natural scientist and journalist. His support for evolutionary...

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Hammett, Dashiell
1894 - 1961

American detective writer, born in St. Mary's County in Maryland. He grew up in Baltimore where his family moved when he...

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Turèll, Dan
1946 - 1993

Danish novelist and poet who was something as unusual as a well-respected and genuinely popular cultural figure. He was...

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