Treat, Lawrence
1903 - 1998

Lawrence Treat was an American lawyer and author who started a trend in police procedural crime fiction that was later...

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Sigurðardóttir, Steinunn
1950 -

As a child, the Icelandic author Steinunn Sigurðardóttir spent a great deal of time at her local library or swimming pool. R...

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Tolkien, J.R.R.
1892 - 1973

The English author, poet and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, then in the Orange Free State...

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May, Peter
1951 -

Writer of crime novels and TV manuscripts who has received many prizes. He was born in Glasgow in Scotland, but has lived...

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