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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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Bolton, Sharon
1960 -
The English author Sharon Bolton was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, as the oldest of three girls. She grew up in Darwen and...
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Burke, James Lee
1936 -
James Lee Burke is an American author of Irish descent born in Houston, Texas, and brought up on the Texas-Louisiana Gulf...
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Mason, A.E.W.
1865 - 1948
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason was a British author born in London. He attended Dulwich College and Trinity College, Oxford,...
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Lethem, Jonathan
1964 -
The extremely prolific American author Jonathan Allen Lethem is best known for his crime novels, many of them with science...
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