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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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Norman, Diana
1933 - 2011
The British author and journalist Diana Norman has become known for her historical novels, some of which were published...
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Richmond, Michelle
1970 -
The American author, publisher and teacher, Michelle Richmond was born as one of three sisters in Demopolis, Alabama, but...
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Fløgstad, Kjartan
1944 -
Norwegian author born in the industrial city of Sauda. He has worked at the smelting plant in Sauda and on a Norwegian...
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Whitaker, Chris
1981 -
English author and former stock-broker, born and grew up in London. Nowadays he lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and...
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