Frankfurt Book Fair 2013 CC0 1.0
Sample of authors
Schenkel, Andrea Maria
The German author Andrea Maria Schenkel was born and raised in Regensburg. Her parents were civil servants. Her mother and, particularly, her grandmother, often spoke about the old days, which awakened Schenkel's interest in storytelling. As a child she wrote short tales, often on a "bloody" subject, although because she was left-handed she was put off from writing school assignments. After...
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Herron, Mick
The British crime writer Mick Herron was born and raised in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He read literature at Balliol College, Oxford, where he now lives after having worked for many years at a legal journal in London. He became a full-time writer in 2017. Herron does not generally speak about his private life but has revealed that he is unmarried and that he is not living with his partner Jo. Before...
