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![Författarporträtt av Paasilinna, Arto](images/writer/1331/5b363ffdf3e565cc188ba0fbc575fd95dc8703db56dac.jpg)
Paasilinna, Arto
1942 - 2018
Arto Paasilinna was born in Kittilä in the Finnish part of Lapland. His father died from pulmonary tuberculosis at the age ...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Jonasson, Jonas](images/writer/5779/wm_BR_5779_20150909002912_Large.jpg)
Jonasson, Jonas
1961 -
Jonas Jonasson grew up "happy and untroubled" as Pär-Ola Jonasson in the Swedish town of Växjö in the 1960s. His father's na...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Barker, Pat](images/writer/138/138_20120607101232.jpg)
Barker, Pat
1943 -
The novelist Pat (Patricia) Barker was born in a working-class home in Thornaby-on-Tees, northeast England. Her father's...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Cleeves, Ann](images/writer/4529/wm_BR_4529_20130821142738_Large.jpg)
Cleeves, Ann
1954 -
The British crime writer Ann Cleeves grew up in Herefordshire and North Devon, England. Her father was a teacher. After...
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