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It is 73 years today since Petra Hammesfahr was born.
Petra Hammesfahr is an award-winning, bestselling German author of crime fiction. All her principal characters are women. She was born in Titz, Nordrhein-Westfalen, where she still lives, and grew up in nearby Kirchherten and Niederembt. She also lived in Kirch-Grottenherten and other places before she settled in Kerpen near Cologne in 1977. An avid reader as child, she joined a retail training...
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It is 51 years today since Tana French was born.
Crime writer and actress Tana French was born in Burlington, Vermont, USA. Her father was an economist and worked all around the world. The family also lived in Italy, Malawi and Ireland. From 17 years of age, French has lived in Dublin. She now has both American and Irish citizenship. When she was a child, Tana thought about becoming an archaeologist. She has subsequently taken part in several...
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Lethem, Jonathan
1964 -
The extremely prolific American author Jonathan Allen Lethem is best known for his crime novels, many of them with science...
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Spiegelman, Peter
1958 -
The American crime writer Peter Spiegelman was born in New York. He grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, and has lived there...
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Meyer, Deon
1958 -
Deon Meyer is something of a rarity in that he is a South African crime writer who has had his crime novels, written in...
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Hill, Susan
1942 -
Susan Hill is a British author. In 1961, she published the first of the over 50 works she has produced over her...
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