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It is 84 years today since Robin (1940-) Cook was born.
American doctor, businessman and author, who has written a long row of thriller-like medical crime novels, many of which have ended high up on the American bestseller lists. Robert Brian Cook was born in Brooklyn, New York, and spent his first years in Queens in the same city. When he was eight years old, the family moved to Leonia, New Jersey, where he grew up. His father was an artist, his...
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Hammett, Dashiell
1894 - 1961
American detective writer, born in St. Mary's County in Maryland. He grew up in Baltimore where his family moved when he...
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Dunant, Sarah
1950 -
The writer, broadcaster and critic Sarah Dunant was born in London. She attended Godolphin and Latymer School and Newnham...
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Hawkins, Paula
1972 -
Paula Hawkins grew up in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe). Her father was an economics professor and journalist....
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Simenon, Georges
1903 - 1989
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian author. He was born to Catholic middle-class parents in Liège. Georges ...
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