Orczy, Emmuska
1865 - 1947

Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi, or Emmuska, which she preferred to be called, was born in...

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French, Tana
1973 -

Crime writer and actress Tana French was born in Burlington, Vermont, USA. Her father was an economist and worked all...

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Skagen, Fredrik
1936 - 2017

Fredrik Skagen is one of Norway’s most popular award-winning crime writers. He was born in Trondheim where he lived all his l...

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Spain, Jo
1979 -

The Irish author Joanne ‘Jo’ Spain was born into a working-class family in the little notorious residential district of Bel...

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