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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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Suter, Martin
1948 -
The Swiss author Martin Suter was born and raised in Zurich. He began to write early, decided to make writing his...
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Lewis, Sinclair
1885 - 1951
American author and Nobel Prize laureate born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. His father was a country doctor and his mother...
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Thackeray, William
1811 - 1863
William Makepeace Thackeray was born in Calcutta. His ancestors had made a fortune in the East India Company, and after his...
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Green, A.K.
1846 - 1935
The American author A.K. (Anna Katharine) Green pioneered the crime writing genre, and many of her novels have been...
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