Unsworth, Barry
1930 - 2012

The British author Barry Unsworth was born to a family of miners in County Durham, northeast England. They moved away from...

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Gerhardsen, Carin
1962 -

Carin Behrman, as she was called in those days, was born and grew up in Katrineholm. Her father was a judge at the...

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Penny, Louise
1958 -

The Canadian author, Louise Penny, grew up in Toronto. She studied Journalism and worked as a TV and radio producer. She...

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Hammett, Dashiell
1894 - 1961

American detective writer, born in St. Mary's County in Maryland. He grew up in Baltimore where his family moved when he...

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