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Corris, Peter
Peter Robert Corris was an Australian author, historian, journalist and pioneering author of crime fiction in Australia. Corris was born in Stawell, Victoria. The family moved to Melbourne when he was five years old. He attended Melbourne High School, graduating in 1959, and went on to study at the University of Melbourne. In 1964 he began to read history at Monash University, Melbourne, where...
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Forsyth, Frederick
Frederick Forsyth is a major author of political thrillers. He was born in Ashford, Kent, England, as the only child in a family of furriers. He became interested in books as a young child and attended Tonbridge School, a public school where he showed a great gift for languages, and he dreamed of becoming a journalist, preferably foreign correspondent. Aviation was another major interest, and...