Uri, Helene
1964 -

The Norwegian author and linguist Helene Uri was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and grew up in Bærum and Hageby, Oslo. Her ...

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Upfield, Arthur W.
1890 - 1964

Arthur W. Upfield is one of a small number of internationally famous Australian crime writers thanks to his novels about...

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Shaw, George Bernard
1856 - 1950

Irish author and Nobel Prize laureate born in Dublin to a middle-class family. His father was an alcoholic and his mother...

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Darrieussecq, Marie
1969 -

Marie Darrieussecq was born and raised in Bayonne in the Basque Country region of south-west France. Her mother was a...

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