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Carr, John Dickson
American author of detective stories born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. His father was a criminal lawyer and politician who possessed a comprehensive collection of detective stories, so John Dickson Carr read books by authors such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and G. K. Chesterton from an early age. He soon decided he wanted to write his own stories, and made some of his first attempts while he...
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Fitzek, Sebastian
The German author and game constructor Sebastian Fitzek was born in Berlin. After studying at Charlottenburger Wald-Gymnasium, he started a course in Veterinary Medicine but dropped out of that after three months. Instead, he concentrated on Law, specialising in copyright law, and receiving a higher degree in 2000. While he was still a student he came into contact with a famous radio station,...