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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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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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Portrait image of Olivier Truc

Truc, Olivier
1964 -

The French author Olivier Truc is a journalist and war correspondent. Truc has been working for Le Monde in Scandinavia and...

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Portrait image of Matti Yrjänä Joensuu

Joensuu, Matti Yrjänä
1948 - 2011

Matti Yrjänä Joensuu was a Finnish crime writer and criminal investigator. He was born and lived most of his life in H...

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Portrait image of Åsa Nilsonne

Nilsonne, Åsa
1949 -

Åsa Nilsonne is a Swedish psychiatrist, translator and crime writer. She was born in Stockholm, but as the daughter of a ...

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