Reilly, Helen
1891 - 1962

Critics often regard Helen Reilly as one of the most important female American crime writers of the 1930s. One reason for...

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Noll, Ingrid
1935 -

The German author Ingrid Noll was born in Shanghai. Her parents had left Hessen for China where her father, a physician,...

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Post, Melville Davisson
1869 - 1930

Melville Davisson Post was an American lawyer, politician, author and remembered as the first great American crime writer...

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Booth, Stephen
1952 -

The British crime writer Stephen Booth was born in Burnley, Lancashire. He grew up in Blackpool where he moved with his...

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