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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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Derleth, August
1909 - 1971
American author, poet, editor and publisher, who wrote his first published novel Bat’s Belfry when he was 15 years old. W...
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Paretsky, Sara
1947 -
The American author Sara Paretsky was a leading proponent – alongside Marcia Muller, Sue Grafton and others – during a per...
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Deaver, Jeffery
1950 -
Jeffery Deaver is an American author of mystery novels born in Glen Ellyn near Chicago, Illinois. Having been born to a...
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Grebe, Camilla
1968 -
The Swedish writer, Camilla Grebe (born Eriksson), has written a series of crime novels, both herself and in collaboration...
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