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Portrait of Diane Mott Davidson Photo: Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post via Getty Images (2013)

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Davidson, Diane Mott

The American crime writer Diane Mott Davidson was born, one of six siblings, in Honolulu, Hawaii, where her father, a naval officer, was then stationed. She grew up in Washington D.C. as well as in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she attended St. Anne’s School. Her education continued at Wellesley College in Boston, Massachusetts, which only accepts female pupils, and she lived in the same s...

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Judge Dee is based on a real person, the legendary seventh century Chinese judge Dee Jen-Djieh. Stories about him began to be written down early on. They were discovered by the Dutch sinologist Robert van Gulik who wrote a series of mystery stories based on him. Most are based on van Gulik’s own storylines featuring Dee.

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