
Sample of authors
Leon, Donna
The American crime writer Donna Leon was born in Montclaire, New Jersey. At the age of twenty-three, she published her dissertation on Jane Austen. She has worked as a guide in Rome, copywriter in London and she has taught at American schools in Switzerland, China, Saudi Arabia and Iran. She has lived in Venice since the early eighties where she taught literature before becoming a successful...

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Waltari, Mika
The Finnish author Mika Waltari is considered one of the foremost Nordic authors of the 20th century. Many of his books are classics, probably best-known is the historical novel Sinuhe the Egyptian (1945, Sinuhe, egyptiläinen). He was also a poet and playwright, and he wrote crime stories, non-fiction, short stories, travel writing, and for a period comic strips. His books have been translated ...