Hayder, Mo
1962 - 2021

The British thriller writer Mo Hayder, pen name for Clare Dunkel, grew up in Essex. She revolted against her academic...

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Stamm, Peter
1963 -

The Swiss novelist Peter Stamm was born in Scherzingen and grew up in the village of Weinfelden in the canton of Thurgau....

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Proust, Marcel
1871 - 1922

French author, born in the village of Auteuil. His father was a prominent physician who had worked himself up and...

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French, Tana
1973 -

Crime writer and actress Tana French was born in Burlington, Vermont, USA. Her father was an economist and worked all...

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