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It is 69 years today since Val McDermid was born.
Val McDermid is a Scottish crime writer born in Kirkcaldy, Fife. She attended Kirkcaldy High School where she was among a group of pupils that participated in a controversial project for especially talented students based on IQ tests. When she was seventeen, she was the first student from a Scottish state school to be admitted to St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, where she graduated with a Bachelor o...
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Lenz, Siegfried
1926 - 2014
Siegfried Lenz, known for his strong social critique, is among the foremost German post-war authors alongside Heinrich...
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McCarthy, Cormac
1933 - 2023
American author, playwright and screenwriter born as Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr. Because of the family's Irish roots his...
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Lindsay, Jeff
1952 -
Jeff Lindsay’s real name is Jeffry P. Freundlich. He was born and grew up in Miami, with a father who was an art teacher. A...
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Van Greenaway, Peter
1929 - 1988
Peter Van Greenaway was a British author of unconventional crime stories that included elements of horror and science...
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