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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 Vargas Llosa, Mario

Vargas Llosa, Mario
1936 -

Peruvian author, born in Arequipa in the southern part of the country. His parents divorced soon after his birth, and Mario...

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Författarporträtt av Oksanen, Sofi

Oksanen, Sofi
1977 -

The Finnish author and playwright Sofi Oksanen had a major impact on the literary scene in the first decade of the 21st...

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Författarporträtt av Walker, Mary Willis

Walker, Mary Willis
1942 - 2023

American crime-fiction writer, born as Mary Willis is the little town of Fox Point, Milwaukee, in Wisconsin. She attended...

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Portrait of Tami Hoag

Hoag, Tami
1959 -

Tami Hoag is an American author. She was born in Cresco, Iowa, and grew up in the small town of Harmony in southeast...

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