Stefánsson, Jón Kalman
1963 -

The Icelandic author Jón Kalman Stefánsson grew up in Reykjavik, but also spent a lot of time in the countryside. After s...

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Spain, Jo
1979 -

The Irish author Joanne ‘Jo’ Spain was born into a working-class family in the little notorious residential district of Bel...

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Hughes, Dorothy B.
1904 - 1993

The American author, journalist and critic Dorothy B. Hughes, born Dorothy Belle Flanagan, never wrote much fiction, but...

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Nilsson, Per
1954 -

Swedish author, born in Malmö. Per Nilsson qualified as a teacher of Music and Mathematics. He worked as a secondary school ...

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