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Famous authors · 20th century

P. D. James

1920 to 2014 · English · Detective fiction, Crime fiction

What sets their writing apart: Study James for the literary procedural: careful prose, place and psychology brought to the detective form. A model for elevating genre with craft.

Notable works

Cover Her Face (1962)
A Mind to Murder (1963)
The Children of Men (1992)
Death Comes to Pemberley (2011)

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