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![Portrait image of Thomas Keneally](images/writer/919/61670c460617e769e29649c87ff89273f414711958b2b.jpg)
Keneally, Thomas
1935 -
The novelist and non-fiction writer Thomas ‘Tom’ Keneally descends from a family of Irish prisoners that were deported to Aus...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Sigurðardóttir, Yrsa](images/writer/4943/wm_BR_4943_20141007134945_Large.jpg)
Sigurðardóttir, Yrsa
1963 -
The Icelandic author and civil engineer Yrsa Sigurðardóttir grew up in Reykjavik. She now lives in the suburb of S...
Further reading![Portrait image of Mika Waltari](images/writer/1826/62682debc2c1167de2f53fef44bd6fddb5103cd347fd9.jpg)
Waltari, Mika
1908 - 1979
The Finnish author Mika Waltari is considered one of the foremost Nordic authors of the 20th century. Many of his books are...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Cornwell, Patricia D.](images/writer/351/5f91952af12a2d6220ddc5e460049d1dffe7062afb8bc.jpg)
Cornwell, Patricia D.
1956 -
The American crime writer Patricia Cornwell was born in Miami, Florida, as Patricia Carroll Daniels. After her parents’ d...
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