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Also Known As John Ross Macdonald • Kenneth Millar
Born December 13, 1915 • California
Died July 11, 1983 (aged 67) • Santa Barbara • California
Notable Works “The Moving Target”
Master of the macabre
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer
Green, Anna Katharine
Anna Katharine Green
American author
Carolyn Wells
American writer
Earl Derr Biggers
American novelist and playwright
Ira Levin
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Frances Lockridge
American mystery writer
Richard Lockridge
American mystery writer
Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury
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Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley
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Grafton, Sue
Sue Grafton
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Janet Evanovich
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Andrew Greeley
Andrew Greeley
American priest, sociologist, educator, commentator, and author
Sara Paretsky
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Master of the hard-boiled detective story
Dashiell Hammett
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Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan
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Mary Higgins Clark
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Anthony Boucher
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James Crumley
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Stephen Dobyns
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Metta Victoria Fuller Victor
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