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  • It is 68 years today since Patricia D. Cornwell was born.

    The American crime writer Patricia Cornwell was born in Miami, Florida, as Patricia Carroll Daniels. After her parents’ divorce she grew up with her mother in Montreat, North Carolina. She married her English professor after graduating from Davidson College and started to work as a journalist at the Charlotte Observer in 1979. She soon became the newspaper’s crime reporter. She has also worked as...

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Författarporträtt av Hugo, Victor

Hugo, Victor
1802 - 1885

The French author Victor Hugo (Victor-Marie Hugo) was born in Besançon. His father was of one of Napoleon's generals. As a ...

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Författarporträtt av Chesterton, G.K.

Chesterton, G.K.
1874 - 1936

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a British author and critic born in Kensington, London, as the oldest son of a retired estate...

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Författarporträtt av Persson Giolito, Malin

Persson Giolito, Malin
1969 -

When Malin Persson Giolito was still called only Persson, she grew up in Djursholm, Stockholm. Her mother, who was the...

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Författarporträtt av Shepard, Jim

Shepard, Jim
1956 -

Jim Shepard was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, with a Bachelor of Arts...

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