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It is 65 years today since Viveca Sten was born.
Viveca Bergstedt Sten grew up in Stockholm. She spent her summer breaks on the island of Sandhamn in the Stockholm archipelago where her family has owned a house since 1917 when her great grandparents acquired the Lagerta family estate from the son of the master pilot. She read and wrote from an early age, she edited the school magazine and at university she contributed to the law students’ m...
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It is 162 years today since Carolyn Wells was born.
Carolyn Wells was a best-selling American author of children’s and young adult books and mystery stories in the early 1900s. She was a successful editor of anthologies and a respected poet, and she also wrote copy for a few comic strips. Her popularity endures; her children’s and young adult stories as well as her poetry collections are still in print.
Her mystery stories are more uneven, how...
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![Författarporträtt av Gosling, Paula](images/writer/2973/2973_20161019171335.jpg)
Gosling, Paula
1939 -
The American author Paula Gosling was born in Detroit, Michigan, as Paula Osius. By the time she attended Mackenzie High...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Helle, Helle](images/writer/4547/wm_BR_4547_20160418102142_Large.jpg)
Helle, Helle
1965 -
The Danish writer Helle Helle was born as Helle Olsen in Nakskov on the island of Lolland and she grew up in Rødby. Her ...
Further reading![Portrait of Derek Raymond](images/writer/7483/609a47a1d80f7efd8dc014e8fc99440b06b56e1e4b56c.jpg)
Raymond, Derek
1931 - 1994
English author, who during a Bohemian and wandering life occupied himself with a number of different jobs and activities, a...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Van Greenaway, Peter](images/writer/1779/1779_20161107170953.jpg)
Van Greenaway, Peter
1929 - 1988
Peter Van Greenaway was a British author of unconventional crime stories that included elements of horror and science...
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