Biggers, Earl Derr
1884 - 1933

Earl Derr Biggers was an American journalist, theatre critic and the father of Charlie Chan, a Chinese detective from...

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Roth, Veronica
1988 -

Veronica Roth grew up in Barrington, Illinois, with her siblings and single artist mother. Her grandparents were Polish...

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Heinesen, William
1900 - 1991

William Heinesen was born in Torshavn, the Faeroe Islands, where his father was a merchant and ship owner of peasant stock....

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Cleave, Chris
1973 -

The British writer and journalist Chris Cleave was born in London. Apart from a few years in Cameroon, West Africa, in the...

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