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It is 69 years today since Val McDermid was born.
Val McDermid is a Scottish crime writer born in Kirkcaldy, Fife. She attended Kirkcaldy High School where she was among a group of pupils that participated in a controversial project for especially talented students based on IQ tests. When she was seventeen, she was the first student from a Scottish state school to be admitted to St. Hilda’s College, Oxford, where she graduated with a Bachelor o...
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Dowlatabadi, Mahmoud
1940 -
The Iranian author Mahmoud Dowlatabadi was born in the village of Dowlatabad in Khorasan Province near the border with...
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Appelfeld, Aharon
1932 - 2018
The Jewish author Aharon Appelfeld is widely known in Israel and his books have been translated into many languages. He was...
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Armstrong, Charlotte
1905 - 1969
Charlotte Armstrong was an American author born in Vulcan, Michigan. She attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and...
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Grafton, Sue
1940 - 2017
Sue Taylor Grafton was an American author of detective novels born in Louisville, Kentucky. Her father, Cornelius Warren...
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