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  • It is 69 years today since Tom Kristensen was born.

    Tom Kristensen is a Norwegian economist, engineer and author born in Tjøme, Vestfold county. He has won fame as a writer of financial thrillers. Kristensen was educated at Kongsberg Engineering College and at the Bergen School of Economics, graduating in 1981. He later worked for Statens Teknologiske Institutt in Kristiansand until he moved to Oslo.
    He first worked as a financial adviser at an ...

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Forsyth, Frederick
1938 -

Frederick Forsyth is a major author of political thrillers. He was born in Ashford, Kent, England, as the only child in a...

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MacInnes, Helen
1907 - 1985

Helen Clark MacInnes was a Scottish-American author born in Glasgow. She moved with her family to Helensburgh in 1912 where...

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Craven, M.W.
1968 -

British crime writer, born in Carlisle in Cumbria, England. When M.W. (Michael William) ‘Mike’ Craven was still a child, the...

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Symons, Julian
1912 - 1994

Julian Gustave Symons was a British author and critic born in London, where he spent part of his life. His mother was...

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