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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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Portrait of Donald Ray Pollock

Pollock, Donald Ray
1954 -

The American author Donald Ray Pollock was born and grew up in America’s backyard. In the little community called K...

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Författarporträtt av Hulová, Petra

Hulová, Petra
1979 -

The Czech author Petra Hulová was born in Prague, former Czechoslovakia. She grew up with two fathers and many stepsisters ...

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Författarporträtt av Vulliamy, C.E.

Vulliamy, C.E.
1886 - 1971

The British author and journalist, C.E. (Colwyn Edward) Vulliamy, was born into a well-off family in the little village of...

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Portrait of Janwillem van de Wetering

Wetering, Janwillem van de
1931 - 2008

Janwillem (actually Jan Willem) van de Wetering was a Dutch author born in Rotterdam to a merchant family. After graduating...

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