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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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Ritsos, Yiannis
1909 - 1990
Yiannis Ritsos was born in Monemvasia on the east coast of the Peloponnese peninsula. His parents were landowners. His...
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Foenkinos, David
1974 -
David Foenkinos is a French bestselling author. Born in Paris, he studied literature and music there after which he worked...
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Smith, Julie
1944 -
American author and published, was born in Annapolis, Maryland, and grew up in Savannah in Georgia. She studied Creative...
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Brontë, Anne
1820 - 1849
Anne Brontë was the youngest and least known of the three Brontë sisters. She grew up together with her sisters Charlotte a...
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