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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 Forster, E.M.

Forster, E.M.
1879 - 1970

The British author Edward Morgan Forster was born in London. His father was an architect. Forster attended King’s College, C...

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Författarporträtt av Dahl, Roald

Dahl, Roald
1916 - 1990

British author born in Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales, to Norwegian parents. His father, who died when Roald Dahl was only...

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Författarporträtt av Mason, A.E.W.

Mason, A.E.W.
1865 - 1948

Alfred Edward Woodley Mason was a British author born in London. He attended Dulwich College and Trinity College, Oxford,...

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Portrait of John Irving

Irving, John
1942 -

American novelist born as John Wallace Blunt, Jr. in Exeter, New Hampshire. His mother was a nurse and his stepfather...

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