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It is 65 years today since Viveca Sten was born.
Viveca Bergstedt Sten grew up in Stockholm. She spent her summer breaks on the island of Sandhamn in the Stockholm archipelago where her family has owned a house since 1917 when her great grandparents acquired the Lagerta family estate from the son of the master pilot. She read and wrote from an early age, she edited the school magazine and at university she contributed to the law students’ m...
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It is 162 years today since Carolyn Wells was born.
Carolyn Wells was a best-selling American author of children’s and young adult books and mystery stories in the early 1900s. She was a successful editor of anthologies and a respected poet, and she also wrote copy for a few comic strips. Her popularity endures; her children’s and young adult stories as well as her poetry collections are still in print.
Her mystery stories are more uneven, how...
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![Författarporträtt av Daly, Elizabeth](images/writer/6480/6480_20150213070141.jpg)
Daly, Elizabeth
1878 - 1967
Elizabeth Daly was an American author and theatre director known for a series of mystery novels that are still being...
Further reading![Portrait of Jonathan Kellerman](images/writer/915/609a9d409197ce7e737d4ed763f973967d7696d9a4912.jpg)
Kellerman, Jonathan
1949 -
Jonathan Kellerman is an American author of thrillers. He was born in New York where he attended the Yeshiva of Central...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Verlaine, Paul](images/writer/1790/5f6b06dae68a67ca477585ade46c260c683dafd4cf12c.jpg)
Verlaine, Paul
1844 - 1896
Paul Verlaine, one of the finest early modern poets, was born in Metz in north-east France where his father, an army...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Ball, Hugo](images/writer/5229/5229_20121029132902.jpg)
Ball, Hugo
1886 - 1927
Hugo Ball was born in Pirmasens, Germany, to Catholic parents who were as poor as they were pious. He wanted to study, but...
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