Watson, Colin
1920 - 1983

Some refer to the British journalist Colin Watson's Flaxborough (population 15,000) stories as among the funniest in...

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Bulgakov, Mikhail
1891 - 1940

The Russian prose writer and playwright Mikhail Bulgakov was born in Kiev and grew up in a snug middle class environment – h...

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Collins, Suzanne
1962 -

Suzanne Collins is an American author of books for children and young adults. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Her...

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Gaboriau, Émile
1832 - 1873

While Edgar Allan Poe, the American author of short stories, is generally considered to be the father of modern crime...

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