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Sample of authors
Pelecanos, George P.
The American author George Peter Pelecanos was born in Washington D.C. to Greek-American parents. The family moved to Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington D.C. in 1965 where his father had bought a restaurant. They were hard up, and Pelecanos began to work for his father when he was eleven years old. In 1975, he had to take time off school to look after the restaurant after his father had...
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Hellström, Börge
Börge Hellström was a former criminal turned author. After a tough childhood he became an alcoholic and a drug addict, and eventually he ended up in prison. But against all odds he managed to leave his old life behind after twenty-four years and founded the organization Criminals Return Into Society (CRIS). He was a trained therapist and worked with young people involved in crime and addiction. B...
