Williams, Charles
1909 - 1975

Charles Williams was a ground-breaking author of noir crime fiction. More than two thirds of his books came out as pulp...

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Coetzee, J.M.
1940 -

J.M. (John Maxwell) Coetzee was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Although he is of Boer descent, the family spoke English...

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Andersen, H.C.
1805 - 1875

Hans Christian Andersen is Denmark’s best-known author. Born in Odense on the island of Funen, he had an extraordinary w...

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Muller, Marcia
1944 -

American detective story writer, born in Detroit, Michigan, in a family with great literary interests. She wrote her first...

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