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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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Författarporträtt av Schneider, Peter

Schneider, Peter
1940 -

Peter Schneider is a German author. He was born in Lübeck and grew up in Grainau and Freiburg together with his five ...

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Författarporträtt av Zweig, Stefan

Zweig, Stefan
1881 - 1942

The Austrian novelist, poet and playwright Stefan Zweig was born in Vienna to a wealthy Jewish family. He studied...

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Portrait image of Edgar Wallace

Wallace, Edgar
1875 - 1932

During his most productive period, the English author Edgar Wallace was one of the most popular authors in Europe....

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Portrait of Tarquin Hall

Hall, Tarquin
1969 -

British author and journalist born in London. He attended boarding school in Dorset until his father's bankruptcy. When he...

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