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  • It is 75 years today since Ingrid Hedström was born.

    TThe Swedish journalist and author Ingrid Hedström were born in Söderhamn in the central Swedish province of Hälsingland, and then moved to Avesta in nearby Dalarna when she was five years old. She is said to be one of the 1960’s so-called "welfare-state princesses", meaning that she was the first in her family to graduate from high school. She completed her final exam at Avesta Grammar School in...

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Portrait of Elizabeth Haynes

Haynes, Elizabeth
1971 -

Elizabeth Haynes is a British author of crime fiction. She grew up in Seaford, Sussex and read English, German and Art...

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Författarporträtt av Gercke, Doris

Gercke, Doris
1937 -

Doris Gercke is a German author of crime fiction born in Greifswald in the former East Germany. She grew up in a working...

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Portrait of Janet Evanovich

Evanovich, Janet
1943 -

An American writer, born as Janet Schneider in South River, New Jersey. As a child, she preferred drawing over writing, and...

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Portrait image of Carl-Johan Vallgren

Vallgren, Carl-Johan
1964 -

Carl-Johan Emanuel Vallgren has never been sure about whether he should focus on music or on writing. He studied music and...

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