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Portrait image of Michael Connelly Photo: Björn Gustafsson / Forflex

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Connelly, Michael

Michael Connelly is an American author of crime fiction born in Philadelphia. At the age of twelve, he moved with his family to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School. He began to study for a building construction major at the University of Florida, Gainesville, but did not do as well as he expected. A keen admirer of Raymond Chandler, he decided to do a...

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Portrait image of Minette Walters Foto: Bengt Gustafsson / Forflex

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Walters, Minette

Minette Walters is an author of crime fiction born Minette Jebb in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. Her father was an army officer and her mother an artist. The family moved frequently due to the father’s profession, and Walters was mostly brought up on military bases. After her father had died of kidney failure in 1960, Walters attended the Abbey School at Reading, Berkshire, for a yea...

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