-
It is 116 years today since Ian Fleming was born.
Ian Lancaster Fleming was an English author and journalist born in London. He created James Bond, code name 007 – one of the most famous fictional spies of the 20th century known from a great number of books, films, radio plays etc., only a small number of which were in fact written by Fleming. Some were a great deal better, but none has had the same impact.
Fleming came from a wealthy and p...
Sample of Authors
Burroughs, William S.
1914 - 1997
American author born in St. Louis, Missouri. Burroughs came from a prominent family and was educated at the Los Alamos...
Further reading
Bowles, Paul
1910 - 1999
Paul Frederic Bowles was an American author, translator and composer born in Queens, New York. He was the only child of...
Further reading
Rhode, John
1884 - 1964
John Rhode is a pseudonym for Cecil John Charles Street, one of Britain's most prolific and secretive authors of detective...
Further reading
Horst, Jørn Lier
1970 -
A Norwegian former police officer who in the 2000s became one of Norway’s most popular crime-fiction writers among adult as w...
Further reading