Sample of Authors
![Portrait of Simon Brett](images/writer/243/6093e9139d7100d24c38e30cee65ac1745ecf8a6d0856.jpg)
Brett, Simon
1945 -
British author born in Worcester Park, Surrey. In 1949, the family moved to Ealing and a year later to Banstead where he...
Further reading![Portrait image of Nicci French](images/writer/3181/6197d68316ef47506b82a3899e7d4a27f07f84c5ff55f.jpg)
French, Nicci
1958 -
Nicci French is the pseudonym of the husband-and-wife team Nicci Gerrard (born 1958) and Sean French (born 1959). They are...
Further reading![Portrait of Sabine Deitmer](images/writer/3005/604fa6d584eec7ec956a28e10c5b5e4efa07d394baa38.jpg)
Deitmer, Sabine
1947 - 2020
The German author of crime novels Sabine Deitmar was born in Jena, Thüringen, and grew up in Düsseldorf. Deitmer became i...
Further reading![Portrait image of John Fowles](images/writer/559/6197cfd239190ba6b62c59b2872aad157640d9f35b682.jpg)
Fowles, John
1926 - 2005
John Robert Fowles was born in a middle-class family in the Essex town of Leigh-on-Sea. His father, Robert Fowles, dreamt...
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