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Hodgson, William Hope
William Hope Hodgson was the son of an Anglican priest who grew up in England and Ireland alongside his eleven sisters and brothers. He became a sailor at the age of thirteen and eventually received his mate’s certificate. Life at sea did not suit him, however, and in 1899 he settled in Blackburn where he opened a school of physical culture. Hodgson had to work extra as a reporter and p...
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Groner, Auguste
Auguste Groner was an Austrian author, newspaper editor and pioneering woman author of crime fiction. Die Goldene Auguste is a triennial prize awarded by the European branch of the American association Sisters in Crime and many of Groner's stories have been published since 2000 in both English and German.
She was born in Vienna as Auguste Kopollik, the daughter of a wealthy civil servant who...
