Dumas, Alexandre, père
1802 - 1870

French author born as Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, but known as Alexandre Dumas, père. His ancestry can be traced back to ...

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Hart, John
1965 -

John Hart is considered to be one of the great names in American crime fiction during the 21st century. All of his books...

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Houellebecq, Michel
1956 -

French author, born as Michel Thomas on the colonial island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. His parents fairly soon lost ...

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Bergsson, Guðbergur
1932 - 2023

Guðbergur Bergsson used to say that he comes from Grindavik, not from Iceland. Grindavik is a small Icelandic fishing ...

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