Brontë, Charlotte
1816 - 1855

Charlotte is the only Brontë sister who was acknowledged as an author by her contemporaries. She grew up together with her ...

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Hammesfahr, Petra
1951 -

Petra Hammesfahr is an award-winning, bestselling German author of crime fiction. All her principal characters are women....

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Shakespeare, William
1564 - 1616

English playwright and poet, born in Stratford-upon-Avon as the eldest son of the glove maker John Shakespeare and his wife...

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Jacobsen, Roy
1954 -

Norwegian author born in Oslo where he grew up in a working-class suburb, but he spent his teenage years in North Norway....

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