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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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Nádas, Péter
1942 -
Péter Nádas is Hungary's most famous internationally acclaimed author. He is of Jewish descent, born in Budapest. Although h...
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Isaksson, Ulla
1916 - 2000
Ulla Isaksson was born in Stockholm as Ulla Margareta Lundberg in a family of comfortable means. She attended a secondary...
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Beckett, Samuel
1906 - 1989
The Irishman Samuel Beckett is one of the most influential authors of the 20th century and a prominent figure within...
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Crais, Robert
1953 -
Robert Crais is an American author born in Independence, Louisiana, and brought up on the banks of the Mississippi River in...
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