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  • It is 99 years today since Rubem Fonseca was born.

    Brazilian author, born in Juiz de Fora in Minas Gerais, but at the age of 7 moved to Rio de Janeiro. Fonseca gained a degree in Law at Rio de Janeiro’s federal university, UFRJ (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro). In 1952 he started a career in the police service, first as a patrolling police officer, advancing quickly in rank to eventually become police commissioner, one of the highest p...

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Portrait of Elizabeth Haynes

Haynes, Elizabeth
1971 -

Elizabeth Haynes is a British author of crime fiction. She grew up in Seaford, Sussex and read English, German and Art...

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Portrait of Ferdinand von Schirach

Schirach, Ferdinand von
1964 -

Ferdinand von Schirach is a German lawyer and author born in Munich to a wealthy Protestant family. He grew up in Munich...

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Författarporträtt av Rönkä, Matti

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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Portrait image of Ronald A. Knox

Knox, Ronald A.
1888 - 1957

Monsignor Ronald Arbuthnott Knox was a well-known and much loved English Catholic priest, theologian and author of crime...

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