Sample of Authors
![Författarporträtt av Fossum, Karin](images/writer/558/wm_BR_558_20130529104954_Large.jpg)
Fossum, Karin
1954 -
The Norwegian author Karin Fossum was born in Sandefjord where she grew up in a small 1950s bungalow. Her mother was a...
Further reading![Portrait of Mo Hayder](images/writer/6003/609a9225eb8a7a596ab95a885bd09fcad18bc313200bf.jpg)
Hayder, Mo
1962 - 2021
The British thriller writer Mo Hayder, pen name for Clare Dunkel, grew up in Essex. She revolted against her academic...
Further reading![Portrait image of Pepetela](images/writer/2846/5b56d94f1aab6eb14ea46568c8581b90e0e94cfc9fb1d.jpg)
Pepetela
1941 -
His full name is Artur Carlos Mauricio Pestana dos Santos, an Angolan author, born in the coastal town of Benguela. He took...
Further reading![Portrait of Qiu Xiaolong](images/writer/4412/60995728af0d252bf0a88a2e9bb9b00a814402f412b1c.jpg)
Qiu Xiaolong
1953 -
Qiu Xiaolong is a Chinese author, poet, translator and scholar. He was born in Shanghai and grew up in post-revolution...
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