Lindgren, Astrid
1907 - 2002

Swedish author, born and raised on the estate of Näs, just outside Vimmerby in Småland. The parents, Samuel August and H...

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Yates, Richard
1926 - 1992

The American author Richard Yates was born in Yonkers, New York. His parents divorced when he was three years old, and as a...

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Voors, Barbara
1967 -

Barbara Voors was born in Stockholm and grew up in Tehran, Iran, with her Swedish mother, who worked at the Swedish...

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May, Peter
1951 -

Writer of crime novels and TV manuscripts who has received many prizes. He was born in Glasgow in Scotland, but has lived...

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