Durbridge, Francis
1912 - 1998

The British crime writer Francis Durbridge was born in Hull in Yorkshire. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School in...

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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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Roth, Philip
1933 - 2018

Philip Milton Roth was an American author born in Newark, New Jersey, where he grew up in a Jewish family together with his...

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Auster, Paul
1947 - 2024

American author from a Jewish family, born in Newark, New Jersey. His parents, Queenie and Samuel Auster, came from Poland....

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