Gaboriau, Émile
1832 - 1873

While Edgar Allan Poe, the American author of short stories, is generally considered to be the father of modern crime...

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Moorcock, Michael
1939 -

The British author, editor and musician Michael John Moorcock is something of a phenomenon. He began his career as the...

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Allbeury, Ted
1917 - 2005

The British author of espionage fiction Theodore Edward le Bouthillier Allbeury was born in Stockport, Cheshire. His father...

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Woods, Stuart
1938 - 2022

Stuart Woods was an American author of crime fiction and former racing sailor whose first novel is now considered a crime...

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