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Smith, Ernest
Ernest Bramah, born Ernest Brammah Smith, was an English author, numismatist and creator of two of the most original characters in British fiction: the Chinese master storyteller Kai Lung and the blind detective Max Carrados. The stories are still read and appreciated, mostly in the UK. Smith was a recluse who refused to give interviews even though he became something of a celebrity in Britain....
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Bond, Michael
The British author Thomas Michael Bond was born in Newbury, Berkshire, England. He attended Presentation College, Reading. During the war he served first in the Royal Air Force and then in the British Army. His writing career began in 1945 when his first short story was printed in the London Opinion, and he continued to write short stories and plays while working as a cameraman at the BBC. Bond...
