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It is 65 years today since Viveca Sten was born.
Viveca Bergstedt Sten grew up in Stockholm. She spent her summer breaks on the island of Sandhamn in the Stockholm archipelago where her family has owned a house since 1917 when her great grandparents acquired the Lagerta family estate from the son of the master pilot. She read and wrote from an early age, she edited the school magazine and at university she contributed to the law students’ m...
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It is 162 years today since Carolyn Wells was born.
Carolyn Wells was a best-selling American author of children’s and young adult books and mystery stories in the early 1900s. She was a successful editor of anthologies and a respected poet, and she also wrote copy for a few comic strips. Her popularity endures; her children’s and young adult stories as well as her poetry collections are still in print.
Her mystery stories are more uneven, how...
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![Portrait image of Victor Canning](images/writer/3403/618cf3ef297d45850529f1cc6664baba6171927271329.jpg)
Canning, Victor
1911 - 1986
Victor Canning was a British author of humorous adventure stories and thrillers. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. At the...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Leon, Donna](images/writer/2851/wm_BR_5bbf50fcb6abb24d83eb84c54e61847d79e9bda19accd.jpg)
Leon, Donna
1942 -
The American crime writer Donna Leon was born in Montclaire, New Jersey. At the age of twenty-three, she published her...
Further reading![Portrait image of Liza Cody](images/writer/331/6197baecda7142744a172004308e535be57faa3671284.jpg)
Cody, Liza
1944 -
Pseudonym for Liza Nassim, English crime fiction writer, born in London where she grew up. She had problems in school – it l...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Paretsky, Sara](images/writer/1341/wm_BR_1341_20150119122251_Large.jpg)
Paretsky, Sara
1947 -
The American author Sara Paretsky was a leading proponent – alongside Marcia Muller, Sue Grafton and others – during a per...
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