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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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![Portrait image of Lynn Shepherd](images/writer/7984/wm_BR_652eb64674b2e41dbae4b1b3889004ef94006a11e7eec.jpg)
Shepherd, Lynn
1964 -
The British author, Lynn Shepherd, attracted a great deal of attention in literary circles with her crime novels that...
Further reading![Portrait image of Anders Bodelsen](images/writer/208/6220cfd6c253ce47aa7451e25102f5cfd07763a0f9866.jpg)
Bodelsen, Anders
1937 - 2021
Anders Bodelsen was a Danish author, journalist and critic born in the Copenhagen district of Frederiksberg. He then lived...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Johnstone, Doug](images/writer/6247/wm_BR_6247_20130916145015_Large.jpg)
Johnstone, Doug
1970 -
The Scottish novelist, musician and journalist Douglas ‘Doug’ Johnstone was born in Irvine in Scotland, but grew up in the Sc...
Further reading![Portrait of Bill Pronzini](images/writer/4980/609950d9e9a0fe55a6a34b246b89a79694e7226c77a3c.jpg)
Pronzini, Bill
1943 -
The extremely prolific American author William John "Bill" Pronzini is the prize-winning author of over a hundred works of...
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