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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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Freemantle, Brian
1936 -
Brian Harry Freemantle is a British writer and journalist. He was born in Southampton, Hampshire, where he attended...
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Elytis, Odysseus
1911 - 1996
Odysseus Elytis was born Odysseus Alepoudhellis at Heraklion on the island of Crete. He was the youngest of six children....
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Ishiguro, Kazuo
1954 -
Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, but he grew up in Guildford, Surrey. He has lived in the UK since 1960. His...
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Malory, Thomas
1416 - 1471
Sir Thomas Malory is known as the most likely author (or compiler) of the Le Morte d'Arthur (approx. 1470). The title of...
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