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Lemaitre, Pierre
Pierre Lemaitre is one of France’s foremost noir novelists. The rather limited work of the award-winning author has been translated into some 20 languages.
Little is known about his private life. He was born in Paris and grew up in Aubervilliers and Drancy, Île-de-France. Lemaitre is a trained psychologist, but mainly taught French and American literature at adult education and librarian co...
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Barclay, Linwood
Canadian-American author, born in Darien, Connecticut in the USA. Just before his fourth birthday, the family moved to Toronto in Canada. Linwood Barclay’s father was an illustrator and graphic artist mainly for the car industry but when this to an increasing degree started using photographs, in 1966 – following the advice of his wife – he bought a camping site with a small cabin village in Bobca...