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Edwards, Martin
Although he has written nearly twenty crime novels, plus a couple of collections of short stories in the same genre, British author, solicitor, editor and literary historian Martin Edwards is probably best known for his non-fiction books on the genre, and for the anthologies he has compiled. He is considered one of the leading British authorities on classical crime literature, especially on...
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Zangwill, Israel
Israel Zangwill was a British Jewish author. His father had emigrated from Lithuania and his mother was a Polish refugee. He grew up in London’s East End where he attended the Jew’s Free School. His talents soon came to the attention of his teachers, and when he was fourteen he began to teach younger pupils. When he was eighteen, after he had won a best comic story competition in a magazine, he go...
