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  • It is 50 years today since Jens Lapidus was born.

    Jens Lapidus grew up on the outskirts of Stockholm. His mother was a social worker and his father a journalist who, among other things, worked for an immigrant magazine. As a result, Lapidus became aware of how more marginalised people lived from a young age. He was a trouble-maker in secondary school; had it been today, he believes he would have been diagnosed with behavioural disorder. He went...

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Portrait image of Algernon Blackwood

Blackwood, Algernon
1869 - 1951

The British author Algernon Henry Blackwood grew up in a strictly religious home in Kent. He soon abandoned his Christian...

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Portrait of Rubem Fonseca

Fonseca, Rubem
1925 - 2020

Brazilian author, born in Juiz de Fora in Minas Gerais, but at the age of 7 moved to Rio de Janeiro. Fonseca gained a...

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Portrait of Ed McBain

McBain, Ed
1926 - 2005

Ed McBain is the best-known pen name for Evan Hunter, born Salvatore Alberto Lombino, a versatile and prolific American...

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Portrait of Thomas Harris

Harris, Thomas
1940 -

American author who has become known for his thrillers with their atmosphere of horror about the doctor, psychopath and...

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