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Also Known As Edith Mary Pargeter • Jolyon Carr
Born September 28, 1913 • England
Died October 14, 1995 (aged 82) • England
Awards And Honors Edgar Award (1963)
Notable Works “A Morbid Taste for Bones” • “Death and the Joyful Woman”
Rendell, Ruth
Ruth Rendell
British author
Dick Francis
Dick Francis
British jockey and writer
Graham Greene, 1982
Graham Greene
British author
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P.D. James
British novelist
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Colin Dexter
British author
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
British author
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
British author
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Frederick Forsyth
British author
Black and white portrait of author Eric Ambler, wearing a suit and tie, looking slightly to the side with a thoughtful expression.
Eric Ambler
British author
Joan Aiken.
Joan Aiken
British author
Portrait of Bram Stoker seated in a chair, wearing a dark suit and vest, with a trimmed beard and mustache, facing slightly to his left against a plain background.
Bram Stoker
Irish writer
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Sheridan Le Fanu
Irish writer
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Ira Levin
American author
Author Tana French sits in a white chair on stage, gesturing with raised hands and smiling during a literary festival event in Cologne.
Tana French
American-born Irish writer
Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley
American author
John le Carré
John le Carré
British writer
Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan
American author and teacher
Agatha Christie seated at a wooden desk, typing on a typewriter with papers in front of her, in a room with bookshelves and a window, 1946.
Agatha Christie
British author
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Anthony Boucher
American author, editor, and critic
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Timothy Findley
Canadian author