Davidson, Diane Mott
1949 -

The American crime writer Diane Mott Davidson was born, one of six siblings, in Honolulu, Hawaii, where her father, a naval...

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Beckett, Simon
1960 -

English author whose crime novels have become more popular in other countries – including Scandinavia and Germany – than at h...

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Vidal, Gore
1925 - 2012

The American novelist and essayist Gore Vidal was born at West Point, New York. He was originally christened Eugene Vidal,...

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Cook, Robin (1940-)
1940 -

American doctor, businessman and author, who has written a long row of thriller-like medical crime novels, many of which...

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