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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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Alsterdal, Tove
1960 -
Swedish author, dramatist and journalist Tove Alsterdal has her roots in Norrbotten and Värmland. Her mother, sociologist ...
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Johnson, Eyvind
1900 - 1976
Swedish author, born in Svartbjörnsbyn in the province of Norrbotten. When his father, who had been working with ...
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Barnes, Julian
1946 -
The English author Julian Barnes was born in Leicester, but grew up in West London with his brother Jonathan. Their...
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Sandemose, Aksel
1899 - 1965
Aksel Sandemose was born as Axel Nielsen, in Nykøbing on the island of Mors in Denmark. His mother was Norwegian, his ...
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