Treat, Lawrence
1903 - 1998

Lawrence Treat was an American lawyer and author who started a trend in police procedural crime fiction that was later...

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Carver, Raymond
1938 - 1988

American author who was born in Clatskanie, Oregon, and grew up in Yakima, Washington. His father was a sawmill worker with...

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Vieira, José Luandino
1935 -

José Luandino Vieira Mateus de Graça, which is his complete name, was born in Lagoa do Furadouro in Portugal. As a small b...

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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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