James, P.D.
1920 - 2014

English crime writer born in Oxford as Phyllis Dorothy James. She graduated from the Cambridge High School for Girls in...

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Lévy, Henri-Bernard
1948 -

French author and philosopher born in Béni Saf, Algeria. His father, a member of the French Jewish community, came from a ...

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Hermanson, Marie
1956 -

Marie Hermanson was born and grew up in Sävedalen outside Gothenburg. Her parents were teachers. After completing her ...

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Diski, Jenny
1947 - 2016

The British author Jenny Diski was born in London as Jenny Simmonds. She had a traumatic childhood with a father who...

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