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  • It is 97 years today since Robert Ludlum was born.

    The American thriller writer, theatre producer and actor Robert Ludlum were born in New York, but his family moved to New Jersey when he was just a baby and it was there he grew up. His father was a business man and the young son received an education at private schools across Connecticut: Rectory School in Pomfret, Kent School in Kent, Chesire Academy in Chesire and Wesleyan University in...

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Bell, Josephine
1897 - 1987

Josephine Bell is the pseudonym of the British writer and physician Doris Bell Ball, the author of radio plays, serials, a...

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Rhode, John
1884 - 1964

John Rhode is a pseudonym for Cecil John Charles Street, one of Britain's most prolific and secretive authors of detective...

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Författarporträtt av Parker, Dorothy

Parker, Dorothy
1893 - 1967

The American novelist, poet and satirist Dorothy Parker was born in West End, Long Branch, New Jersey, but she grew up in...

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Författarporträtt av Rodoreda, Mercè

Rodoreda, Mercè
1909 - 1983

Mercè Rodoreda was born in Barcelona. Catalan was her native language. There are only scant biographical details available ...

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