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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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Claudel, Philippe
1962 -
French author and film director born in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe near Nancy where he still lives together with his wife and...
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Koontz, Dean R.
1945 -
Dean Ray Koontz is an American author of suspense literature. He was born in Everett, Pennsylvania, and grew up in a...
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French, Nicci
1958 -
Nicci French is the pseudonym of the husband-and-wife team Nicci Gerrard (born 1958) and Sean French (born 1959). They are...
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Gardner, John (b. 1926)
1926 - 2007
John Edmund Gardner was a British novelist. He was born in the village of Seaton Delaval in Northumberland as the son of a...
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