Carr, John Dickson
1906 - 1977

American author of detective stories born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. His father was a criminal lawyer and politician who...

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Starrett, Vincent
1886 - 1974

American Vincent Starrett was what in English is known as a ‘bookman’. He devoted his life and his professional activities to...

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Twain, Mark
1835 - 1910

Pseudonym for the American author Samuel Langhorne Clemens. "Mark twain" is marine jargon for "two fathoms deep" and goes...

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Sand, George
1804 - 1876

A pseudonym of Aurore Dudevant, a French author born in Paris as Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin, but from the age of four...

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