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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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Peace, David
1967 -
David Peace is a British novelist. He was born and raised in Osset near Leeds in Yorkshire. He was educated in Wakefield,...
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Tolkien, J.R.R.
1892 - 1973
The English author, poet and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, then in the Orange Free State...
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Kemelman, Harry
1908 - 1996
Harry Kemelman was an American mystery writer and professor of English. He was born in Boston to Russian-Jewish immigrant...
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Appelfeld, Aharon
1932 - 2018
The Jewish author Aharon Appelfeld is widely known in Israel and his books have been translated into many languages. He was...
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