Mishima, Yukio
1925 - 1970

His real name is Kimitake Hiraoka, a Japanese author born in Tokyo, where he mainly grew up with his grandmother. His...

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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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Chandler, Raymond
1888 - 1959

American detective writer, born in Chicago. He spent his early childhood in Wyoming and Nebraska. His parents divorced when...

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Grimsrud, Beate
1963 - 2020

The Norwegian novelist, playwright and filmmaker Beate Grimsrud was born in Bærum, a suburb of Oslo, where she grew up with ...

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