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Macdonald, Ross
Ross Macdonald is a pseudonym for the American-Canadian crime writer Kenneth Millar. He was born in Los Gatos, California, but he grew up in his parents’ native Canada. His parents divorced shortly after the family moved there, and during childhood Macdonald constantly changed homes, living with his mother who was in poor health. He later wrote that he had figured out that he, up until the age o...
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Heller, Frank
Frank Heller is a pseudonym used by the Swedish author Gunnar Serner who was among the most popular authors of light fiction in Sweden. His books have been translated to some twenty languages including English, German, French, Spanish and Russian. His stories are particularly popular in Germany.
Serner was born in Lösen in the southern province of Blekinge. His father was a vicar. When Serner ...