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May, Peter
Writer of crime novels and TV manuscripts who has received many prizes. He was born in Glasgow in Scotland, but has lived in France since 2001 and became a French citizen in 2016. Peter May started his schooling in 1956 at Carolside Primary School in Glasgow, and decided already then to become a writer. The idea was not encouraged by his teachers, and he was later thrown out of a school after a...

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Den svenska kriminallitteraturens historia
By: Johan Wopenka
” … vill man söka den svenska kriminallitteraturens rötter och ursprung får man främst vända sig till de s.k. sensationsromaner som publicerades under sista halvan av 1800-talet och något decennium in på följande sekel. --- ”
Utökad och uppdaterad i augusti 2022