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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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O'Donnell, Peter
1920 - 2010
Peter O’Donnell was a British author born in Lewisham, London, to an Irish family. His father was a well-known crime r...
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Smith, Martin Cruz
1942 -
Martin Cruz Smith, born Martin William Smith, is an American author of thrillers born in Reading, Pennsylvania. His father...
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Vargas, Fred
1957 -
Fred Vargas is a pseudonym used by the French historian, archaeologist and crime writer Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau. "Vargas" w...
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Oppenheim, E. Phillips
1866 - 1946
The British author E. (Edward) Phillips Oppenheim achieved great international successes during the first half of the 20th...
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