Yaffe, James
1927 - 2017

The American writer James Yaffe is the youngest author ever to have had short stories printed in the prestigious Ellery...

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Indriðason, Arnaldur
1961 -

The Icelandic crime writer Arnaldur Indriðason, the son of the author Indriði Þorsteinsson, was born in Reykjavik. Arnaldur I...

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Ørum, Poul
1919 - 1997

The Danish author Poul Ørum was born to working class parents in Nykøbing Mors, northern Jutland. Shortly afterwards, the f...

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Lewis, Sinclair
1885 - 1951

American author and Nobel Prize laureate born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. His father was a country doctor and his mother...

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