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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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Författarporträtt av Fitzek, Sebastian

Fitzek, Sebastian
1971 -

The German author and game constructor Sebastian Fitzek was born in Berlin. After studying at Charlottenburger...

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Portrait of Megan Abbott

Abbott, Megan
1971 -

The American scholar and author Megan Abbott was born in Detroit and raised there and at Grosse Pointe, Michigan. She...

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Portrait of Alistair MacLean

MacLean, Alistair
1922 - 1987

The Scottish author Alistair Stuart MacLean was born in Shettleston, Glasgow, in a Gaelic-speaking family as Alasdair...

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Portrait of Jonathan Kellerman

Kellerman, Jonathan
1949 -

Jonathan Kellerman is an American author of thrillers. He was born in New York where he attended the Yeshiva of Central...

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