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Sample of authors
Davis, Dorothy Salisbury
The American crime writer Dorothy Salisbury Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois, and adopted by an older childless couple, the Salisburys, who ran their own farm in Rhinelander, Wisconsin . She had no idea that she was adopted until she found her birth certificate at the age of 17. It was only when she was well into middle age that she attempted to track down her biological parents and...
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Bernuth, Christa
The German journalist and crime author Christa von Bernuth was born in Munich where she still lives. After attending boarding school in Bavaria she travelled the world and took odd jobs. She became a journalist, and in 1990 she began to work for various newspapers and magazines, including Elle and Der Spiegel. She wrote about relationships, celebrities, career opportunities, travel and...