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![Portrait image of Lee Child](images/writer/4705/wm_BR_4705_20150520170442_Large.jpg)
Child, Lee
1954 -
Lee Child is the pen name of the British author and television producer Jim Grant. He was born in Coventry as one of four...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Cleeves, Ann](images/writer/4529/wm_BR_4529_20130821142738_Large.jpg)
Cleeves, Ann
1954 -
The British crime writer Ann Cleeves grew up in Herefordshire and North Devon, England. Her father was a teacher. After...
Further reading![Portrait of Jean-Patrick Manchette](images/writer/3469/60991ec0d6163b0d3438897a577ea3972886d0c6acb68.jpg)
Manchette, Jean-Patrick
1942 - 1995
Jean-Patrick Manchette was a French author credited for having revolutionised noir fiction in France. He was born in...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Leroux, Gaston](images/writer/4761/5a67555cd4ad34e86d9b6d6377fbf045070a81905603c.jpg)
Leroux, Gaston
1868 - 1927
Gaston Leroux was born in Paris but grew up in a little village in Normandy close to the home of his maternal grandparents....
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