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  • It is 50 years today since Jens Lapidus was born.

    Jens Lapidus grew up on the outskirts of Stockholm. His mother was a social worker and his father a journalist who, among other things, worked for an immigrant magazine. As a result, Lapidus became aware of how more marginalised people lived from a young age. He was a trouble-maker in secondary school; had it been today, he believes he would have been diagnosed with behavioural disorder. He went...

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Författarporträtt av Lapidus, Jens

Lapidus, Jens
1974 -

Jens Lapidus grew up on the outskirts of Stockholm. His mother was a social worker and his father a journalist who, among...

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Portrait image of Ian Fleming

Fleming, Ian
1908 - 1964

Ian Lancaster Fleming was an English author and journalist born in London. He created James Bond, code name 007 – one of t...

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Författarporträtt av Paretsky, Sara

Paretsky, Sara
1947 -

The American author Sara Paretsky was a leading proponent – alongside Marcia Muller, Sue Grafton and others – during a per...

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Portrait of Elmore Leonard

Leonard, Elmore
1925 - 2013

The American author Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was born in New Orleans, but because his father worked for the automobile...

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