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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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Författarporträtt av Ford, Richard

Ford, Richard
1944 -

American author born in Jackson, Mississippi. His father, Parker Carrol, was a travelling salesman, which meant that the...

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Portrait image of Antti Tuomainen

Tuomainen, Antti
1971 -

A Finnish author and journalist who gained international attention with his crime novels. They are translated into a number...

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Portrait of Colin Forbes

Forbes, Colin
1923 - 2006

Colin Forbes is the pseudonym of the British author Raymond Harold Sawkins who was born in Hampstead, London. His first...

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Portrait of Len Deighton

Deighton, Len
1929 -

The British author Len Deighton was born as Leonard Cyril Deighton in London. His father was a chauffeur; his mother worked...

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