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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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Portrait of Michael Bond

Bond, Michael
1926 - 2017

The British author Thomas Michael Bond was born in Newbury, Berkshire, England. He attended Presentation College, Reading....

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Författarporträtt av Bremer, Fredrika

Bremer, Fredrika
1801 - 1865

Fredrika Bremer was born in in Turku, Finland. As an author, she has been very significant for women's rights issues....

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Författarporträtt av Conrad, Joseph

Conrad, Joseph
1857 - 1924

He was born under the name of Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski in Berdychiv, Ukraine. His family belonged to the lower ...

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Portrait of John Katzenbach

Katzenbach, John
1950 -

American author and journalist, son of the famous and politically very active lawyer Nicholas Katzenbach, later the US...

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