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): Chipper Jones • Dieter Grau • Frédéric Niemeyer • Gabby Logan • Jerry Jeudy • Joe Keery • Jure Košir • Kim Tae-ri • Manuel Ávila Camacho • Marion Caspers-Merk • Morgan Ciprès • Pierre Brassard • Ruth Osburn • Steve Finnan • Tomitaro Makino

Born in the same month (April 1940): Benoît Bouchard • Burt Young • Gloria Hunniford • Herbie Hancock • Homero Aridjis • J. M. G. Le Clézio • James Gammon • Jeffrey Archer • Joseph L. Goldstein • Lester Chambers • Mike Vickers • Penelope Coelen • Penelope Keith • Vladimir Cosma • Woodie Fryman • Władysław Komar