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It is 93 years today since Derek Raymond was born.
English author, who during a Bohemian and wandering life occupied himself with a number of different jobs and activities, a by-no-means small part of them criminal. This is also reflected in his books: he is known as a pioneer in the crime-literature sub-genre called ‘British noir’, and which is usually set in environments and among people at the bottom of society. The books have been criticised f...
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Wright, Willard Huntington
1888 - 1939
Willard Huntington Wright was an American critic and editor. He was born in Virginia, attended Harvard and later studied...
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Kellerman, Jonathan
1949 -
Jonathan Kellerman is an American author of thrillers. He was born in New York where he attended the Yeshiva of Central...
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Staalesen, Gunnar
1947 -
Norwegian author and playwright born in Bergen, where he still lives. Staalesen attended the Katedralskolan upper-secondary...
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Kallifatides, Theodor
1938 -
Theodor Kallifatides was born in the village of Molaoi in the Peloponnese in Greece. His father was an elementary school...
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