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Staalesen, Gunnar

Norwegian author and playwright born in Bergen, where he still lives. Staalesen attended the Katedralskolan upper-secondary school until 1966 and graduated from the University of Bergen with a degree in English, French and Literature in 1976. Staalesen worked briefly at Den Nationale Scene theatre in Bergen 1972–1973 and returned there as information officer in 1976. After his literary debut w...

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Gill, Barbara M.

Barbara Margaret Gill was a British author of crime fiction. She was born in Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales. Little is known about her early life or her private life, she seldom gave interviews. She attended Le Bon Sauveur Convent school at Holyhead and went on to study at Redland College, Bristol. She dropped out of school when she was fifteen and worked as a secretary in Holyhead. She then got a...

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