Larsson, Stieg
1954 - 2004

Stieg Larsson was a Swedish author and journalist who, despite only publishing three novels, is one of Sweden’s b...

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Parsons, Julie
1951 -

Writer of detective stories Julie Parsons was born and grew up in New Zealand, to which her Irish parents had emigrated in...

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Ashbery, John
1927 - 2017

The poet, art critic, translator and essayist John Lawrence Ashbery was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up on a farm...

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Swift, Graham
1949 -

British author born in Bermondsey, South London. Swift was brought up in a lower middle-class home in Croydon – a happy c...

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