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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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Bjerke, André
1918 - 1985
André Bjerke was a prominent figure on the Norwegian culture scene in the 1990s. He was an authority on Norwegian post-war ...
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Céline, Louis-Ferdinand
1894 - 1961
A pseudonym of Louis-Ferdinand Destouches, born in Courbevoie, near Paris. His father was an insurance company official and...
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Dibdin, Michael
1947 - 2007
Michael Dibdin was a British crime writer born in Wolverhampton. His father was a teacher. The family moved to Northern...
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Engberg, Katrine
1975 -
Katrine Engberg was born in Copenhagen where she also grew up in a cultural academic family. She trained to be a dancer and...
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