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  • It is 68 years today since Patricia D. Cornwell was born.

    The American crime writer Patricia Cornwell was born in Miami, Florida, as Patricia Carroll Daniels. After her parents’ divorce she grew up with her mother in Montreat, North Carolina. She married her English professor after graduating from Davidson College and started to work as a journalist at the Charlotte Observer in 1979. She soon became the newspaper’s crime reporter. She has also worked as...

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Cain, James M.
1892 - 1977

The American author and journalist James Mallahan Cain was a prominent figure in 20th century fiction. Alongside Dashiell...

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Författarporträtt av Jewell, Lisa

Jewell, Lisa
1968 -

Lisa Jewell is a British author of chic lit fiction. She grew up in Totteridge, north London as the oldest of three...

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Davis, Lindsey
1949 -

Lindsey Davis is a British crime writer born in Birmingham where she attended the King Edward VI High School for Girls...

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Författarporträtt av Eco, Umberto

Eco, Umberto
1932 - 2016

Umberto Eco was an Italian author, literary scholar, historian and philosopher born in Alessandria in Piedmont. His surname...

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