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Gardner, John (f. 1926)
John Edmund Gardner was a British novelist. He was born in the village of Seaton Delaval in Northumberland as the son of a clergyman. He briefly attended Cottham’s Preparatory School in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1931, and after the family had moved to Wantage in Berkshire in 1933, King Alfred’s School 1934–1943. He joined the Home Guard at the start of the Second World War and in 1943 the Royal Marin...
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Bakkeid, Heine
Heine Bakkeid was born in Gratangen in Troms in northern Norway. He grew up there and in Kvæfjord outside Harstad. Heine Bakkeid has a university degree in system development. After living for a while in Stavanger, he returned to his home district.
Heine Bakkeid made his debut as a writer of books for young adults with the humorous science-fiction novel Boblejim : ‘spesialagenten’ 2005. His firs...
