Stoker, Bram
1847 - 1912

The Irish author and journalist Abraham "Bram" Stoker was born at Clontarf near Dublin where he grew up in a middle-class...

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Kantor, MacKinlay
1904 - 1977

The author and journalist MacKinlay Kantor was born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor in Webster City, Iowa. His father, John Martin...

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Smirnoff, Karin
1964 -

Karin Smirnoff has the same name as August Strindberg’s daughter, dramatist and author Karin Smirnoff (1880-1973) who also w...

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Rudberg, Denise
1971 -

Denise Rudberg is dubbed the queen of Swedish chick lit, and she has scored commercial high points in Sweden as well as in...

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