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Lehane, Dennis
The American crime writer Dennis Lehane grew up in an Irish family as the youngest of five children in Dorchester on the outskirts of Boston. After graduating from Boston College High School he alternated odd jobs with intermittent study while he was thinking about what he wanted to do.
In 1986, he moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, to attend Eckerd College, and he graduated with a degree in...
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Caspary, Vera
The American author Vera Caspary spent a great deal of time and effort writing her popular screen and stage plays, but she is best known for her crime fiction, a reputation that largely rests on the psychological thriller Laura (1943), an important classic, a major box office success in 1944 and an equally popular Broadway play in 1945. Her novels have made a comeback in the 2000s after being...
