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Portrait image of Raymond Chandler Photo: Bettmann via Getty Images (1954)

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Chandler, Raymond

American detective writer, born in Chicago. He spent his early childhood in Wyoming and Nebraska. His parents divorced when he was six years old, and in 1897 he moved with his mother to England, where he become a British citizen in 1907. Chandler received a classical education at Dulwich College in London in 1900-05. In 1905-07, he studied in both France and Germany and next worked as a reporter...

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Portrait image of Chris Tvedt Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2016)

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Tvedt, Chris

The Norwegian author Baard Christian Tvedt was born in Bergen. He read architecture at the University of Birmingham, but dropped out after four years without graduating. He was instead awarded degrees in law and literature at the University of Bergen before working at the legal department of the Haugesund police department in 1987. He started his own legal practice the following year and...

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