Vachss, Andrew H.
1942 - 2021

Andrew Henry Vachss was an American author of crime fiction. He was born in Manhattan, New York, and grew up on Long...

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Westlake, Donald E.
1933 - 2008

Donald Edwin Westlake was an American author of Irish descent born in Brooklyn, New York. As a small boy, he moved with his...

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Aird, Catherine
1930 -

Catherine Aird is the pen name of the British crime writer Kinn Hamilton McIntosh. She was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire,...

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Keller, Gottfried
1819 - 1890

Gottfried Keller was born in Zurich, Switzerland. His father was a lathe-worker who died in 1824. Keller grew up in poverty...

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