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Tom Bowling

Tom Bowling was the pseudonymn of the author John Milne, a Londoner born into a seafaring family in the Neckinger, a part of Bermondsey allegedly named after the Devil's Neckinger or noose worn by pirates executed there. He is the ...

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Mark Campbell

MARK CAMPBELL has written for various publications, including Midweek, Girl About Town, The Bookseller, The Independent, The Dark Side and Infinity; he was one of the main contributors to the exhaustive two-volume encyclopaedia British Crime Writing in 2009. He has written ...

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Victoria Carolan

Victoria Carolan is a cultural historian specialising in maritime history and film. She has just completed her doctoral thesis, British Maritime History, National Identity and Film 1900-1960 at Queen Mary, University of London. She previously held a two year research ...

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David Clark

David Clark is a retired teacher who taught history in schools, colleges and universities for over 30 years.

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Merlin Coverley

Merlin Coverley is the author of seven books: London Writing, Psychogeography, Occult London, Utopia, The Art of Wandering, South and Hauntology. He lives in London.

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Barry Forshaw

Barry Forshaw is one of the UK's leading experts on crime fiction and film. Books include Crime Fiction: A Reader's Guide, Nordic Noir, Italian Cinema, American Noir and British Crime Film. Other work: Sex and Film, British Gothic Cinema, Euro ...

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Nick Harding

Nick Harding is an author, screenwriter, producer, comedy sketch writer and poet and is currently working on a number of film projects. He is the author of How to Start your own Secret Society, Urban Legends, Secret Societies and How ...

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Gordon Kerr

Gordon Kerr worked in bookselling and publishing before becoming a full-time writer. He is the author of several titles including A Short History of Europe, A Short History of Africa, A Short History of China, A Short History of Brazil, ...

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Jean-Marc Lofficier

Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier have written and edited comic books for fifteen years, including Dr. Strange, Clive Barker's Hellraiser, Teen Titans, SuperMan's Metropolis, Tongue*Lash, Batman: Nosferatu and Tales of the Shadowmen. They received the 1990 Inkpot Award for Outstanding Achievement ...

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Randy Lofficier

Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier have written and edited comic books for fifteen years, including Dr. Strange, Clive Barker's Hellraiser, Teen Titans, SuperMan's Metropolis, Tongue*Lash, Batman: Nosferatu and Tales of the Shadowmen. They received the 1990 Inkpot Award for Outstanding Achievement ...

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Richard Luck

Richard Luck is a regular contributor to Total Film and Hotdog who also writes for Empire, Premiere, Uncut and The Rough Guide To Rock. He is the author of Pocket Essentials on Steve McQueen, Sam Peckinpah, The Beastie Boys and ...

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Seán Martin

Seán Martin is a writer, poet and filmmaker. He is the author of The Knights Templar, The Cathars, The Gnostics, The Black Death, Alchemy and Alchemists, A Short History of Disease and, for Kamera Books, Andrei Tarkovsky and ...

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Lois Martin

Lois Martin lives in Somerset, England, and hsa spent many years studying the history of European witchcraft, folklore and superstition.

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Giles Morgan

Giles Morgan is the author of Pocket Essentials on The Holy Grail, St George, Byzantium, Freemasonry, Saints and The Anglo-Saxons. He is also a fan of Weird Fiction, Science Fiction and Horror and is a regular reviewer of Crime Fiction ...

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Richard Osborne

Richard Osborne is the author of the internationally bestselling Philosophy for Beginners and the guide to all things cultural, Megawords.

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Lance Parkin

Lance Parkin is the author of numerous Doctor Who books, as well as other television and drama work.

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Bill Price

Bill Price grew up on a farm in Herefordshire, not far from Hay-on-Wye. He worked in the book trade in Hay and London for almost twenty years and is now a freelance writer, with a particular interest in archaeology and ...

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Robin Ramsay

Robin Ramsay is the editor and publisher of the journal Lobster, the co-author of Smear! Wilson And The Secret State!, the author of Prawn Cocktail Party and author of The Rise of New Labour, Conspiracy Theories and Who Shot JFK? ...

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Miriam Rivett

Miriam Rivett is a lecturer in media and publishing at Middlesex University where she teaches a course on crime.

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Andrew Walker

Andrew Walker began his career in bookselling, and has spent five years working for the Citizens Advice Bureau. He is the author of the Pocket Essential Nazi War Trials.

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Mark Whitehead

Mark Whitehead is the co-author (with Miriam Rivett) of the Pocket Essential Jack the Ripper and author of Pocket Essentials on Slasher Movies, Roger Corman and Animation.

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Chris Wiegand

Chris Wiegand writes for Boxoffice Magazine, Film Threat, Crime Time and bbc.co.uk. He is also the author of Federico Fellini: The Complete Films (Taschen).

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