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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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Författarporträtt av Jewell, Lisa

Jewell, Lisa
1968 -

Lisa Jewell is a British author of chic lit fiction. She grew up in Totteridge, north London as the oldest of three...

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Ekman, Kerstin
1933 -

Kerstin Lillemor Ekman (born Hjort) is one of Sweden's foremost living novelists. She was born in Finspång and grew up in ...

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Författarporträtt av Yorke, Margaret

Yorke, Margaret
1924 - 2012

Margaret Yorke is the pseudonym of the popular English author of crime fiction Margaret Nicholson. She has been described...

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Författarporträtt av Harrison, Harry

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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