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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 Rodoreda, Mercè

Rodoreda, Mercè
1909 - 1983

Mercè Rodoreda was born in Barcelona. Catalan was her native language. There are only scant biographical details available ...

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Malet, Léo
1909 - 1996

French author born as Léon Malet in Montpellier. Having lost his parents when he was four years old, he was raised by his ...

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Författarporträtt av Chambers, Aidan

Chambers, Aidan
1934 -

British author of books for children and young adults born north of Durham, near the town of Chester-le-Street. His father...

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Khemiri, Jonas Hassen
1978 -

Jonas Hassen Khemiri was born in Stockholm. After he finished school he attended the Stockholm School of Economics, he has...

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