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Cody, Liza

Pseudonym for Liza Nassim, English crime fiction writer, born in London where she grew up. She had problems in school – it later transpired that she suffered from dyslexia, and so she put her efforts into an artistic career. She studied at the City and Guilds of London Art School and the Royal Academy School of Art in London. For a while, she worked as a visual artist, but with little success, s...

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Baldacci, David

The American author David Baldacci, with family roots in Toscana in Italy, was born in Richmond, Virginia, as the youngest of three siblings. His father was a mechanic and his mother worked at a telephone company. Their son studied at Henrico High School before acquiring a B.A. at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and in 1968 a Law degree at the University of Virginia in...

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