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  • It is 93 years today since Derek Raymond was born.

    English author, who during a Bohemian and wandering life occupied himself with a number of different jobs and activities, a by-no-means small part of them criminal. This is also reflected in his books: he is known as a pioneer in the crime-literature sub-genre called ‘British noir’, and which is usually set in environments and among people at the bottom of society. The books have been criticised f...

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Portrait of Sophie Hannah

Hannah, Sophie
1971 -

The British poet and novelist Sophie Hannah was born and raised in Manchester. She grew up with her younger sister in a...

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Författarporträtt av Mosley, Walter

Mosley, Walter
1952 -

American author, born in the tough and run-down South Central district in Los Angeles. His mother had a Russian-Jewish...

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Författarporträtt av Engberg, Katrine

Engberg, Katrine
1975 -

Katrine Engberg was born in Copenhagen where she also grew up in a cultural academic family. She trained to be a dancer and...

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Författarporträtt av Persson, Leif G.W.

Persson, Leif G.W.
1945 -

Leif Gustav Willy Persson is a Swedish author and criminologist who previously worked for the Swedish Police and the...

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