Beauvoir, Simone de
1908 - 1986

The French author and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir was born and grew up as the oldest daughter of a noble Catholic family...

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Coles, Manning
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Manning Coles is a joint pseudonym for the English duo Adelaide Manning and Cyril Coles, who also worked together under...

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Cox, Anthony Berkeley
1893 - 1971

Anthony Berkeley Cox is regarded as one of the most influential authors in English crime literature during the inter-war...

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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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