Crofts, Freeman Wills
1879 - 1957

Freeman Wills Crofts was born in Dublin, Ireland, as the son of a British army surgeon who died when Croft was still young....

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Carr, John Dickson
1906 - 1977

American author of detective stories born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. His father was a criminal lawyer and politician who...

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Vidocq, Eugène François
1775 - 1857

Few people have had a life and a professional career to match that of the criminal, police officer, criminologist and...

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Rosenhayn, Paul
1877 - 1929

German journalist and internationally acclaimed author of detective stories, best known for his more than forty...

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