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Hawkins, Paula
Paula Hawkins grew up in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe). Her father was an economics professor and journalist. Paula spent the best part of her early childhood happily ignorant of the social injustices that were to lead up to the formation of Zimbabwe. She moved with her family to England in 1989, and after a few years her parents returned to Africa. Hawkins read political science,...
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Penny, Louise
The Canadian author, Louise Penny, grew up in Toronto. She studied Journalism and worked as a TV and radio producer. She devoted herself to tough journalism and hard news, and said herself that she became "cynical, sarcastic, self-satisfied and supercilious". And an alcholic too. When she left journalism, there was above all one thing she took with her: the art of listening. "A good interviewer...
