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Gill, Barbara M.
Barbara Margaret Gill was a British author of crime fiction. She was born in Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales. Little is known about her early life or her private life, she seldom gave interviews. She attended Le Bon Sauveur Convent school at Holyhead and went on to study at Redland College, Bristol. She dropped out of school when she was fifteen and worked as a secretary in Holyhead. She then got a...
Pierre Ayraud (right) with Pierre Boileau Photo: Jean-Claude Deutsch/Paris Match via Getty Images (1977)
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Ayraud, Pierre
Pierre Ayraud, who published his books under the pseudonym Thomas Narcejac, and Pierre Boileau are two of the best known names in French crime writing. Together, they wrote a large number of detective novels signed Boileau-Narcejac, and they were prominent figures on the late 20th century literary scene. Ayraud was also a great connoisseur of crime writing, and he wrote several famous...
