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Portrait image of Mika Waltari Photo: Pietinen (1934) CC BY-SA 4.0

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Waltari, Mika

The Finnish author Mika Waltari is considered one of the foremost Nordic authors of the 20th century. Many of his books are classics, probably best-known is the historical novel Sinuhe the Egyptian (1945, Sinuhe, egyptiläinen). He was also a poet and playwright, and he wrote crime stories, non-fiction, short stories, travel writing, and for a period comic strips. His books have been translated ...

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Portrait image of Mark Billingham Photo: Björn Gustafsson / Forflex

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Billingham, Mark

The British author Mark Philip David Billingham was born in Solihull, Warwickshire, and grew up near Birmingham where he attended King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys at King’s Heath. His father left the family when Mark was six years old. When his mother remarried eight years later, she and her husband moved away. Mark Billingham was then seventeen years old and found accommodation near his s...

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