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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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Clancy, Tom
1947 - 2013
The American novelist Thomas Leo "Tom" Clancy, Jr. was born in Baltimore. His father worked for the United States Postal...
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Norman, Diana
1933 - 2011
The British author and journalist Diana Norman has become known for her historical novels, some of which were published...
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James, P.D.
1920 - 2014
English crime writer born in Oxford as Phyllis Dorothy James. She graduated from the Cambridge High School for Girls in...
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Harrison, Harry
1925 - 2012
The Irish-American author and illustrator Harry (Henry Maxwell) Harrison wrote virtually only science fiction and fantasy....
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