Hammesfahr, Petra
1951 -

Petra Hammesfahr is an award-winning, bestselling German author of crime fiction. All her principal characters are women....

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Shepard, Jim
1956 -

Jim Shepard was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, with a Bachelor of Arts...

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Kawabata, Yasunari
1899 - 1972

Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese novelist and short story writer born in Osaka. He came from an educated, wealthy family,...

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Himes, Chester
1909 - 1984

Chester Bomar Himes was among the foremost Afro-American authors, especially in terms of the way he wrote about racism in...

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