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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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Patterson, James
1947 -
The American author, James Patterson, was born and grew up in Newburgh in the State of New York. His father was an...
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Borges, Jorge Luis
1899 - 1986
Jorge Luis Borges was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was first educated at home with his grandmother teaching him to...
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Powell, Richard
1908 - 1999
Richard Powell was an author, journalist and advertising man born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he lived most of his...
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Wassmo, Herbjørg
1942 -
Herbjørg Wassmo is one of Norway's most popular authors. She was born in Myre in northern Norway. She inherited her joy of ...
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