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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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Kent, Hannah
1985 -
The Australian author Hannah Kent looks back on an idyllic childhood in Adelaide Hills. Together with her little sister,...
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Lindell, Unni
1957 -
Unni Maria Lindell is one of Norway’s most productive and best selling authors. Although she is best known for her crime n...
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Robinson, Peter
1950 - 2022
Peter Robinson is a Canadian author born in Castleford, Yorkshire, England. He was a wayward teenager with little interest...
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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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