Didion, Joan
1934 - 2021

The American author Joan Didion was born and grew up in Sacramento, California, where her family had been living for five...

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Daly, Elizabeth
1878 - 1967

Elizabeth Daly was an American author and theatre director known for a series of mystery novels that are still being...

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Hornung, E.W.
1866 - 1921

The English teacher and journalist Ernest William Hornung (Willie to his family) was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s b...

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Paasilinna, Arto
1942 - 2018

Arto Paasilinna was born in Kittilä in the Finnish part of Lapland. His father died from pulmonary tuberculosis at the age ...

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