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Van Greenaway, Peter
Peter Van Greenaway was a British author of unconventional crime stories that included elements of horror and science fiction. He was extremely shy, and little is known about his life. Allegedly, he only gave two interviews in the last 25 years of his life, both with Swedish crime fiction aficionados Jan Broberg and Ulf Örnklo.
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Indriðason, Arnaldur
The Icelandic crime writer Arnaldur Indriðason, the son of the author Indriði Þorsteinsson, was born in Reykjavik. Arnaldur Indriðason completed his upper-secondary education in 1981 and went on to read history at the University of Iceland, graduating in 1996. He has been a journalist, and between 1986 and 2001 he reviewed film for Iceland's biggest daily newspaper, Morgunblaðið. Deterred by his f...