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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 Mosley, Walter

Mosley, Walter
1952 -

American author, born in the tough and run-down South Central district in Los Angeles. His mother had a Russian-Jewish...

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Portrait image of John Hart

Hart, John
1965 -

John Hart is considered to be one of the great names in American crime fiction during the 21st century. All of his books...

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Portrait image of David Lagercrantz

Lagercrantz, David
1962 -

David Lagercrantz is a Swedish author and journalist born in Solna and brought up there and in Drottningholm, both near...

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Författarporträtt av Bakkeid, Heine

Bakkeid, Heine
1974 -

Heine Bakkeid was born in Gratangen in Troms in northern Norway. He grew up there and in Kvæfjord outside Harstad. Heine ...

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