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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 Steven Saylor

Saylor, Steven
1956 -

The American author Steven Saylor has pursued two separate literary careers. In the 1980s and early ‘90s he was one of the m...

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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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Författarporträtt av Zeh, Juli

Zeh, Juli
1974 -

Juli Zeh is a German author born in Bonn. She studied law and literature in Passau and Leipzig and publishes short stories,...

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Författarporträtt av Collins, Wilkie

Collins, Wilkie
1824 - 1889

The British author Wilkie Collins (William Wilkie Collins) wrote a series of extremely successful novels as well as a...

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