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It is 68 years today since Patricia D. Cornwell was born.
The American crime writer Patricia Cornwell was born in Miami, Florida, as Patricia Carroll Daniels. After her parents’ divorce she grew up with her mother in Montreat, North Carolina. She married her English professor after graduating from Davidson College and started to work as a journalist at the Charlotte Observer in 1979. She soon became the newspaper’s crime reporter. She has also worked as...
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MacBride, Stuart
1969 -
Stuart MacBride is a Scottish author of crime fiction. He was born in Dumbarton near Glasgow and grew up in Aberdeen where...
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Atkinson, Kate
1951 -
The British author Kate Atkinson was born in York, her father was a shopkeeper. She read English literature at Dundee...
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French, Tana
1973 -
Crime writer and actress Tana French was born in Burlington, Vermont, USA. Her father was an economist and worked all...
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Lockridge, Richard
1898 - 1982
An American journalist and author, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, where he also grew up. After finishing school, he studied...
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