Parsons, Julie
1951 -

Writer of detective stories Julie Parsons was born and grew up in New Zealand, to which her Irish parents had emigrated in...

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Alexievich, Svetlana
1948 -

Svetlana Alexievich was born in Ukraine three years after the Second World War. She grew up in a village in Belorussia...

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Harper, Jane
1980 -

Jane Harper was born in Manchester, England. When she was eight years old she moved with her family to Australia. For six...

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Claus, Hugo
1929 - 2008

Belgian author. His father worked at a printing office and his mother was a housewife. When a new baby was on its way, his...

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