Sue Grafton

Sue Taylor Grafton was an American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the "alphabet series" featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone in the fictional city of Santa Teresa, California. The daughter of detective novelist C. W. Grafton, she said the strongest influence on her crime novels was author Ross Macdonald. Before her success with this series, she wrote screenplays for television movies.

24 April 1940

Born on the same birth day (24 April): Aidan Gillen • Carl Spitteler • Denys Finch Hatton • Gideon Sundback • Kelly Clarkson • Marc-Adélard Tremblay • Thorbjörn Fälldin • Tomitaro Makino

Born in the same month (April 1940): Cliff Watson • James Gammon • Jeffrey Archer • Jim McNab • Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) • Max Mosley • Michael Cleary (rugby) • Penelope Coelen • Penelope Keith • Richard Attwood • Robert Lacroix