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  • It is 68 years today since Patricia D. Cornwell was born.

    The American crime writer Patricia Cornwell was born in Miami, Florida, as Patricia Carroll Daniels. After her parents’ divorce she grew up with her mother in Montreat, North Carolina. She married her English professor after graduating from Davidson College and started to work as a journalist at the Charlotte Observer in 1979. She soon became the newspaper’s crime reporter. She has also worked as...

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Författarporträtt av Fitzek, Sebastian

Fitzek, Sebastian
1971 -

The German author and game constructor Sebastian Fitzek was born in Berlin. After studying at Charlottenburger...

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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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Ambler, Eric
1909 - 1998

Eric Clifford Ambler was a British author and playwright born in London. His parents were music hall artists, and at the...

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Författarporträtt av Baldacci, David

Baldacci, David
1960 -

The American author David Baldacci, with family roots in Toscana in Italy, was born in Richmond, Virginia, as the youngest...

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