Caspary, Vera
1899 - 1987

The American author Vera Caspary spent a great deal of time and effort writing her popular screen and stage plays, but she...

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Bailey, H.C.
1878 - 1961

The British journalist and critic Henry Christopher Bailey is one of the five greatest crime novelists associated with the...

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Murdoch, Iris
1919 - 1999

The British author and philosopher Jean Iris Murdoch was of both English and Irish stock. She was born in Dublin to...

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Kazantzakis, Nikos
1883 - 1957

Nikos Kazantzakis was born in Megalokastro (present-day Heraklion) in Crete, which was still under Ottoman rule at the...

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