Høeg, Peter
1957 -

The Danish author Peter Høeg was born in Copenhagen and grew up in the inner-city district of Christianshavn. His mother ...

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Oates, Joyce Carol
1938 -

American author, born into a Protestant working-class family in the little town of Lockport in the western part of the...

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Barr, Nevada
1952 -

Nevada Barr is an author and artist born in Yerington, Nevada. In 1954, she moved with her family to Susanville in...

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Mankell, Henning
1948 - 2015

Henning Georg Mankell was a Swedish playwright and author. From the 1990s onwards, he won international renown for his...

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