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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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Portrait image of Gavin Lyall

Lyall, Gavin
1932 - 2003

Gavin Tudor Lyall was a British author of espionage thrillers. He was born in Birmingham, England, where he attended the...

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Portrait image of Dashiell Hammett

Hammett, Dashiell
1894 - 1961

American detective writer, born in St. Mary's County in Maryland. He grew up in Baltimore where his family moved when he...

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Portrait of T. Jefferson Parker

Parker, T. Jefferson
1953 -

T. Jefferson "Jeff" Parker is an American author of police procedural novels. He grew up in Orange County, mainly in the...

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Portrait of Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Dürrenmatt, Friedrich
1921 - 1990

Friedrich Dürrenmatt was a German-language, Swiss author, playwright and social critic. He was born in the town of Stalden ...

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