Spain, Jo
1979 -

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

Further reading

King, Stephen
1947 -

Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine. His father, Donald Pollock, a vacuum cleaner salesman, sailor and...

Further reading

Guillou, Jan
1944 -

Swedish author and journalist, who was born in Södertälje and grew up in Saltsjöbaden. Jan Guillou, who has French ancestry (...

Further reading

Malet, Léo
1909 - 1996

French author born as Léon Malet in Montpellier. Having lost his parents when he was four years old, he was raised by his ...

Further reading