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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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Trosell, Aino
1949 -
Trosell is a Swedish writer, born in the town of Malung where she grew up in a blue-collar family. In 1967, Aino Trosell...
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Child, Lee
1954 -
Lee Child is the pen name of the British author and television producer Jim Grant. He was born in Coventry as one of four...
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Brooks, Kevin
1959 -
Kevin Brooks was born in Exeter and has studied Philosophy and Psychology at Aston University in Birmingham and in London....
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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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