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It is 75 years today since Ingrid Hedström was born.
TThe Swedish journalist and author Ingrid Hedström were born in Söderhamn in the central Swedish province of Hälsingland, and then moved to Avesta in nearby Dalarna when she was five years old. She is said to be one of the 1960’s so-called "welfare-state princesses", meaning that she was the first in her family to graduate from high school. She completed her final exam at Avesta Grammar School in...
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Lagercrantz, David
1962 -
David Lagercrantz is a Swedish author and journalist born in Solna and brought up there and in Drottningholm, both near...
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Cleeves, Ann
1954 -
The British crime writer Ann Cleeves grew up in Herefordshire and North Devon, England. Her father was a teacher. After...
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Adams, Herbert
1874 - 1958
British author that would have been largely forgotten had it not been for his being the first and most prolific author of...
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Robotham, Michael
1960 -
Michael Robotham is an Australian author of crime novels and a ghost writer. He was born in Casino, New South Wales,...
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