Meny
  • 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...

    Further reading

Sample of Authors

Författarporträtt av Albee, Edward

Albee, Edward
1928 - 2016

Edward Franklin Albee III is an American playwright born in Washington DC. His parents abandoned him immediately after he...

Further reading
Författarporträtt av Todd, Ruthven

Todd, Ruthven
1914 - 1978

Ruthven (Campbell) Todd was a Scottish writer productive in many different fields, mainly known as a poet, but his literary...

Further reading
Författarporträtt av Oksanen, Sofi

Oksanen, Sofi
1977 -

The Finnish author and playwright Sofi Oksanen had a major impact on the literary scene in the first decade of the 21st...

Further reading
Författarporträtt av Warner, Alan

Warner, Alan
1964 -

Alan Warner is a Scottish author born in Connel near Oban on the west coast of Scotland. He grew up in a working class...

Further reading