Rankin, Ian
1960 -

The Scottish crime writer Ian James Rankin was born in the coal mining town of Cardenden, Fife, where his father owned a...

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Higgins, Jack
1929 - 2022

British/Irish – he had double citizenship – author and former teacher, born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He was christened Henry P...

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Lang, Maria
1914 - 1991

Maria Lang is the pen name of the teacher and head mistress Dagmar (Maria) Lange, one of Sweden’s most popular, but also m...

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LaPlante, Alice
1958 -

American author, journalist and teacher, who has written technical books in different subjects as well as psychological...

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