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It is 68 years today since Patricia D. Cornwell was born.
The American crime writer Patricia Cornwell was born in Miami, Florida, as Patricia Carroll Daniels. After her parents’ divorce she grew up with her mother in Montreat, North Carolina. She married her English professor after graduating from Davidson College and started to work as a journalist at the Charlotte Observer in 1979. She soon became the newspaper’s crime reporter. She has also worked as...
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MacDonald, Philip
1899 - 1981
The English crime writer Philip MacDonald was born in London. Both his grandfather George and his father Ronald were...
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Sem-Sandberg, Steve
1958 -
Steve Sem-Sandberg was born in Norway to Norwegian parents who spent many years in the United States, which explains his...
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Janosch
1931 -
Pseudonym for Horst Wessel Eckert. His father christened him Horst Wessel (1907–1930) after an SA-Sturmführer who was ha...
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Hultberg, Peer
1935 - 2007
The Danish author and psychoanalyst Peer Hultberg was born in Vangede and grew up in Horsens and Viborg on the island of...
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