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It is 117 years today since Daphne Du Maurier was born.
The British novelist and playwright Daphne du Maurier was born in London to parents who were both prominent actors; her grandfather was an author and caricaturist for Punch. Daphne du Maurier attended public schools in London and Paris and began to write at an early age, her first novel The Loving Spirit came in 1931. The following year she married Frederick "Boy" Browning, later promoted to...
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It is 89 years today since Stella Rimington was born.
Dame Stella Rimington is a British author of spy novels. She is a former intelligence officer, she was the first female Director General of the British intelligence service MI5 and also the first director general who made her name publicly known. Stella Rimington was born Stella Whitehouse in South London. She moved with her family to Essex in 1939 to get away from the danger of living in...
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Reilly, Helen
1891 - 1962
Critics often regard Helen Reilly as one of the most important female American crime writers of the 1930s. One reason for...
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Levy, Deborah
1959 -
The British playwright and novelist Deborah Levy was born in South Africa. Her father, a Jewish historian who was a friend...
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Nadel, Barbara
1950 -
Barbara Nadel is a British author of detective stories. She has offered little information about her personal details....
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Collins, Wilkie
1824 - 1889
The British author Wilkie Collins (William Wilkie Collins) wrote a series of extremely successful novels as well as a...
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