Gaboriau, Émile
1832 - 1873

While Edgar Allan Poe, the American author of short stories, is generally considered to be the father of modern crime...

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Hellström, Börge
1957 - 2017

Börge Hellström was a former criminal turned author. After a tough childhood he became an alcoholic and a drug addict, and e...

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Owens, Delia
1949 -

The American zoologist Delia Owens didn’t make her debut as a literary author until she was almost seventy years old. B...

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Van Greenaway, Peter
1929 - 1988

Peter Van Greenaway was a British author of unconventional crime stories that included elements of horror and science...

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