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![Portrait image of Pepetela](images/writer/2846/5b56d94f1aab6eb14ea46568c8581b90e0e94cfc9fb1d.jpg)
Pepetela
1941 -
His full name is Artur Carlos Mauricio Pestana dos Santos, an Angolan author, born in the coastal town of Benguela. He took...
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 of J.K. Rowling](images/writer/2653/609a52c959173b12e3544e0663bb657eeb8c87bd904c6.jpg)
Rowling, J.K.
1965 -
The British writer, J.K. Rowling, was born as Joanne Rowling in Yate in Gloucestershire, England. As an adult, she added...
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...
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