Larsson, Stieg
1954 - 2004

Stieg Larsson was a Swedish author and journalist who, despite only publishing three novels, is one of Sweden’s b...

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Wahlöö, Per
1926 - 1975

Per Fredrik Wahlöö was a Swedish author born in Kungsbacka. His father was a newspaper editor in Lund. Per Wahlöö passed his...

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Leblanc, Maurice
1864 - 1941

Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc was a French author born in Rouen, Normandy. His father was a shipowner. Leblanc did well at ...

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Beckett, Simon
1960 -

English author whose crime novels have become more popular in other countries – including Scandinavia and Germany – than at h...

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