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Villar, Domingo
Domingo Villar was a Spanish novelist born in Vigo, Galicia, but later he resided in Madrid. He was for many years host for a radio show about food. When he was not writing novels he published short stories in magazines and produced screenplays for film and television. Villar died at only 51 years old due to a stroke.
Domingo Villar published his first novel, Water-Blue Eyes, in 2006. He wrote...
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Innes, Hammond
Pseudonym used by the British novelist Ralph Hammond-Innes who was born in Horsham, Sussex, to Scottish parents. He attended Cranbrook School in Kent between 1927 and 1931 after which he did odd jobs, including working as a journalist. Between 1934 and 1940 he was employed at Financial News, later the Financial Times, in London. He also wrote novels to add to his income, and he published the...