Koestler, Arthur
1905 - 1983

The British author and journalist Arthur Koestler was born in Budapest to a Hungarian father and an Austrian mother who...

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Tolstoy, Leo
1828 - 1910

Russian author, born at the estate of Yasnaya Polyana in Tula Province. Leo (Lev Nikolayevich) Tolstoy descended from an...

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Gaboriau, Émile
1832 - 1873

While Edgar Allan Poe, the American author of short stories, is generally considered to be the father of modern crime...

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Kennedy, William
1928 -

William Joseph Kennedy is an American author born in Albany, New York, to an Irish Catholic family. His father, William J.,...

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