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It is 116 years today since Ian Fleming was born.
Ian Lancaster Fleming was an English author and journalist born in London. He created James Bond, code name 007 – one of the most famous fictional spies of the 20th century known from a great number of books, films, radio plays etc., only a small number of which were in fact written by Fleming. Some were a great deal better, but none has had the same impact.
Fleming came from a wealthy and p...
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Woolrich, Cornell
1903 - 1968
The American author Cornell Woolrich is one of the more eccentric authors of the 20th century. He was an anti-social...
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Ellin, Stanley
1916 - 1986
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Harper, Jane
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Grafton, Sue
1940 - 2017
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