Francis, Dick
1920 - 2010

The British jockey and author Richard Stanley "Dick" Francis is famous worldwide both as a champion jockey – at one time j...

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McCloy, Helen
1904 - 1992

Helen McCloy is an American crime writer born in New York. She grew up in a book-loving family. Her mother, Helen Worrell...

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Brodrick, William
1960 -

The British crime writer William Brodrick was born in Bolton, Lancashire, but when he was eleven years old the family...

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Stoker, Bram
1847 - 1912

The Irish author and journalist Abraham "Bram" Stoker was born at Clontarf near Dublin where he grew up in a middle-class...

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