Propper, Milton M.
1906 - 1962

American crime writer and lawyer, born into a middle-class family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he also lived for...

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Ishiguro, Kazuo
1954 -

Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, but he grew up in Guildford, Surrey. He has lived in the UK since 1960. His...

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Ahndoril, Alexander
1967 -

Alexander Ahndoril, born Gustafsson, grew up in a middle-class family in the Stockholm suburb of Upplands Väsby. His ...

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McCall Smith, Alexander
1948 -

The British author Alexander McCall Smith – called Sandy by family and friends – was born in Bulawayo in the then British col...

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