Proust, Marcel
1871 - 1922

French author, born in the village of Auteuil. His father was a prominent physician who had worked himself up and...

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Baldursdóttir, Kristín Marja
1949 -

Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir is an Icelandic author born in Hafnarfjörður, a fishing community situated about ten kilometres s...

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May, Peter
1951 -

Writer of crime novels and TV manuscripts who has received many prizes. He was born in Glasgow in Scotland, but has lived...

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Sanders, Lawrence
1920 - 1998

Lawrence Sanders was an author and journalist born in Brooklyn, New York. His father was an economist, and the family moved...

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