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Verdon, John
John Verdon is an American crime writer, born in Bronx, New York. He was educated at Regis High School and Fordham University in the same city, and subsequently worked in the advertising industry in Manhattan. Despite his considerable successes, he didn’t really like his job, so he retired at the age of 53. When his wife, Naomi, a teacher, retired a few years later, they moved to the countryside a...
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Blædel, Sara
The Danish journalist and author Sara Blædel spent her early life in the Copenhagen district of Østerbro. When she was about eleven years old, the family moved to their former holiday home near Hvalsø in central Jutland where she grew up an only child. Her father was the well-known journalist Leif Blædel and her mother the actor Annegrethe Nissen. As a young girl, Sara Blædel loved horses, and she...
