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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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Författarporträtt av Sigurðardóttir, Yrsa

Sigurðardóttir, Yrsa
1963 -

The Icelandic author and civil engineer Yrsa Sigurðardóttir grew up in Reykjavik. She now lives in the suburb of S...

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Författarporträtt av Brown, Fredric

Brown, Fredric
1906 - 1972

Fredric William Brown was an American author of mainly mystery and science fiction. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and...

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Författarporträtt av Sinclair, Upton

Sinclair, Upton
1878 - 1968

Upton Sinclair was an American author born as Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr. in Baltimore, Maryland. His father, who came from a...

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Författarporträtt av Wolfe, Thomas

Wolfe, Thomas
1900 - 1938

The American novelist and playwright Thomas Wolfe was born in Asheville, North Carolina. Although his parents later...

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