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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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Russell, Bertrand
1872 - 1970
The British philosopher and author Bertrand Arthur William Russel was born in Trelleck, Monmouthshire, Wales, to an...
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Krueger, William Kent
1950 -
William Kent Krueger is an American author of crime fiction born in Torrington, Wyoming. His father was a teacher, but as...
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Wolfe, Thomas
1900 - 1938
The American novelist and playwright Thomas Wolfe was born in Asheville, North Carolina. Although his parents later...
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O'Connor, Joseph
1963 -
Irish author born in Dublin. He is the brother of the singer Sinéad O'Connor and the oldest of five children. His father ...
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