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Master of the macabre

Edgar Allan Poe

American writer

Author Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly

American author

George Douglas Howard Cole

British economist

Per Wahlöö

Swedish journalist and author

Maj Sjöwall

Swedish journalist and author

Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges

Argentine author

Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith

British writer

Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle

British author

Grafton, Sue

Sue Grafton

American writer

Louise Penny

Louise Penny

Canadian author

Jo Nesbø

Jo Nesbø

Norwegian writer and musician

One of Britain's most popular authors

Philip Pullman

British writer

Sara Paretsky

American author

Chesterton, G.K.

G.K. Chesterton

British author

Master of the hard-boiled detective story

Dashiell Hammett

American writer

Alain Robbe-Grillet

French author

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

British author

Georges Simenon.

Georges Simenon

Belgian-French author

James Crumley

American author

Stephen Dobyns

American poet

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