Spain, Jo
1979 -

The Irish author Joanne ‘Jo’ Spain was born into a working-class family in the little notorious residential district of Bel...

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Larsson, Åsa
1966 -

Swedish crime writer and former tax lawyer born in Uppsala. Both parents grew up near the city of Kiruna in the north of...

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Rönkä, Matti
1959 -

The Finnish journalist and novelist Matti Rönkä was born and raised in Kuusjärvi – today part of Outokumpu– near the Russia...

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Malet, Léo
1909 - 1996

French author born as Léon Malet in Montpellier. Having lost his parents when he was four years old, he was raised by his ...

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