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Vivien Alcock: 1924-2003 Vivien Alcock was the much-loved author of compelling mysteries and supernatural fantasies for children. Her flair for creating sinister and creepy moods was established with the publication of her first book, The Haunting of Cassie Palmer (1980), a...
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Professor Michael Alexander is Honorary Professor of English Literature at the University of St. Andrews. He was educated at the universities of Oxford, Perugia and Princeton, and his academic interests focus on medieval and modern English poetry, literary and cultural history, and translation. His ...
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Patrick Alexander: 1926-2003 Patrick Alexander worked as a reporter and television writer. He travelled widely in Russia and Western Europe, and wrote several successful espionage thrillers. His first novel, Death of a Thin-Skinned Animal (1976), was published to critical a...
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Candace Allen received her BA from Harvard before attending the New York University School of Film & Television. She went on to become the first African-American female member of the Directors Guild of America. She has worked as an assistant director and screenwriter and is now a novelist. Duri...
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Antony Alpers: 1919-1997 Antony Alpers was a native of New Zealand, born and educated in Christchurch. He enjoyed a successful career as a journalist, music critic, editor, teacher, university professor, and most notably as a biographer and historian. His books include the acclaimed...
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Zoë Anderson is the dance critic of the Independent. She has a doctorate in renaissance literature from the University of York, and as a freelance critic has written for the Independent on Sunday, The Daily Telegraph and Dancing Times. Her book The Royal Ballet: 75 Years
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David Austin has been a sailor, an actor and a farmer, and is a critically acclaimed novelist. Educated at the Pangbourne Nautical College, he went to sea with the Merchant Service, and the sea has always played an important role in his writing. When he came ashore he became a professional actor, an...
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Dame Beryl Bainbridge: 1934 - 2010 is acknowledged as one of the greatest British novelists of her time. Author of seventeen novels, two travel books and five plays, five of her novels have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize; most recently Master Georgi...
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Cara Black is the author of the popular Aimée Leduc crime series. She lives in San Francisco with her husband and son, and is a frequent visitor to Paris. So far the mystery series runs to eight books, and has recently been picked up by Constable & Robinson in the UK. The books will appea...
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From 1990 to 2008 Thomas Blaikie was an English teacher at a leading North London girls’ school, where he outlived three headmistresses. At various times he has also reviewed regularly for The Spectator, the Irish Press, the Birmingham Post and the Yorkshire Post...
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