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  • It is 202 years today since Edmond de Goncourt was born.

    The brothers Edmond and Jules (1830–1870) de Goncourt were born in Nancy and Paris respectively. Their father was a high-ranking officer whose legacy allowed the siblings to dedicate their time to art, theatre and literature. The two brothers lived and worked together until Jules died of syphilis in 1870. Neither brother married. As to their work, they are perceived as one and the same since E...

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  • It is 77 years today since Carol O'Connell was born.

    Carol O’Connel is an American author and artist best known for her books about the ruthless hardboiled detective Kathleen "Kathy" Mallory.
    O’Connel published her first novel at the age of forty-seven and has tried to stay out of the limelight. She offers little information about her person, and not much is known about her early years. She was born in New York and grew up in New York, New Jer...

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Författarporträtt av Bentley, E.C.

Bentley, E.C.
1875 - 1956

Edmund Clerihew Bentley was a novelist, critic, man of letters and close friend of Hilaire Belloc, John Buchan, G. K....

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Portrait image of Joanne Fluke

Fluke, Joanne
1943 -

American writer Joanne Fischmann has written books in popular fiction genres, using a series of pseudonyms and name...

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Författarporträtt av Kennedy, William

Kennedy, William
1928 -

William Joseph Kennedy is an American author born in Albany, New York, to an Irish Catholic family. His father, William J.,...

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Portrait of Gore Vidal

Vidal, Gore
1925 - 2012

The American novelist and essayist Gore Vidal was born at West Point, New York. He was originally christened Eugene Vidal,...

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