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Magnan, Pierre
The French author Pierre Magnan grew up in Manosque at the centre of the department Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, an isolated, deprived rural part of Provence where old customs still prevail. He left school at the age of twelve and became a printer’s apprentice. It was around this time that he met the famous pacifist Jean Giono, who became his mentor and who introduced him to the world of l...
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Crais, Robert
Robert Crais is an American author born in Independence, Louisiana, and brought up on the banks of the Mississippi River in a family of police officers and oil workers, and he was destined to work with either one or the other. He began to study engineering at Louisiana State University, but soon discovered that it was not for him.
He discovered Raymond Chandler at the age of fifteen and he...