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Master of the macabre
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury
American writer
Graham Greene, 1982
Graham Greene
British 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
Enid Blyton, 1962
Enid Blyton
British author
Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley
American 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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Janet Evanovich
American author
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Frances Lockridge
American mystery writer
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Richard Lockridge
American mystery writer
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Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson
American author
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Ira Levin
American author
Andrew Greeley in 1982, wearing a black clerical shirt with a white collar, smiling and looking slightly to the side against a neutral background.
Andrew Greeley
American priest, sociologist, educator, commentator, and author
Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan
American author and teacher
Mary Higgins Clark
Mary Higgins Clark
American author
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P.D. James
British novelist
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Anthony Boucher
American author, editor, and critic
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Colin Dexter
British author
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Ellis Peters
British author
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Phyllis Ayame Whitney
American author