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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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Ellin, Stanley
1916 - 1986
Stanley Bernard Ellin was an American mystery writer born in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Brooklyn College with a...
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Jansson, Anna
1958 -
The Swedish crime writer Anna Jansson was born in Visby on the island of Gotland. In 1979, she moved to Örebro where she ...
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Despentes, Virginie
1969 -
The French author Virginie Despentes was born in Nancy, northeast France. She was convinced from an early age that girls...
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Forbes, Colin
1923 - 2006
Colin Forbes is the pseudonym of the British author Raymond Harold Sawkins who was born in Hampstead, London. His first...
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