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Tuomainen, Antti
A Finnish author and journalist who gained international attention with his crime novels. They are translated into a number of languages and have been praised as dark descriptions of Finnish society today – and for their humour! Tuomainen was born in Helsinki, and still lives there together with his wife. In the 1990s he became known within the advertising sector and as a copywriter, but he was i...
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Schenkel, Andrea Maria
The German author Andrea Maria Schenkel was born and raised in Regensburg. Her parents were civil servants. Her mother and, particularly, her grandmother, often spoke about the old days, which awakened Schenkel's interest in storytelling. As a child she wrote short tales, often on a "bloody" subject, although because she was left-handed she was put off from writing school assignments. After...