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Davis, Lindsey
Lindsey Davis is a British crime writer born in Birmingham where she attended the King Edward VI High School for Girls 1960–67. Little is known about her private life, but there is a history of family tragedies. She graduated with a Master of Arts in English Literature from Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, in 1972 after which she worked as a civil servant until 1985. She is now a full-time author. S...
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Ball, John
John Dudley Ball was an American author, editor and music critic whose award-winning crime novel In the Heat of the Night (1965), adapted for the screen starring Sidney Poitier, was much discussed at the time. The film was awarded five Academy Awards in 1967.
John Dudley Ball was born in Schenectady, New York. His family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, soon afterwards. His father was a...