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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 of Friedrich Dürrenmatt](images/writer/430/604faa16a71fe32f0e5fadd93cf2eaecfdf860b889e9b.jpg)
Dürrenmatt, Friedrich
1921 - 1990
Friedrich Dürrenmatt was a German-language, Swiss author, playwright and social critic. He was born in the town of Stalden ...
Further reading![Portrait image of Leslie Thomas](images/writer/2396/6193e1b8ec9bf95978d311a1c85d5e378b889d1c35dcc.jpg)
Thomas, Leslie
1931 - 2014
The Welsh author Leslie Thomas was born in Newport, South Wales. He is one of the most popular British late 20th century...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Lindstein, Mariette](images/writer/7478/wm_BL_5ebc1324d470dae9e9ec7d43a4396c47761c816f0d37c.jpg)
Lindstein, Mariette
1958 -
Swedish author and lecturer, born as Mariette Westam in Halmstad, where she also grew up. As a child, she wrote ghost...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Hammesfahr, Petra](images/writer/3574/wm_BR_3574_20160323123513_Large.jpg)
Hammesfahr, Petra
1951 -
Petra Hammesfahr is an award-winning, bestselling German author of crime fiction. All her principal characters are women....
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