Poe, Edgar Allan
1809 - 1849

Edgar Allan Poe, born Edgar Poe, was an American author of Irish descent whose contribution to the horror, crime and...

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Anderson, Lin
1951 -

Lin (Linda) Anderson was born in Greenock, western Scotland. Her parents were of Scottish and Irish descent. Her father was...

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Bolton, Sharon
1960 -

The English author Sharon Bolton was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, as the oldest of three girls. She grew up in Darwen and...

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Bradley, Alan
1938 -

Alan Bradley was born in Toronto, Canada. He grew up with his mother and two sisters in the town of Cobourg, about one...

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