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Sample of authors
Theorin, Johan
Johan Theorin is a Swedish author and journalist. He was born in Gothenburg and grew up in Nora, where he moved with his family in 1964. He finds his inspiration on the island of Öland where he used to spend his summer holidays as a child. Theorin completed upper-secondary school in Lindesberg in 1983. After a year of military service followed he was an exchange student at Middlebury College, ...
Literary figures
Race Williams
Gender: Male
He is considered to be the very first of the most cynical, violent and so-called hard-boiled detectives in crime fiction. He shoots first, and asks questions later, and is the main character in a suite of novels and short stories by Carroll John Daly. Race Williams is a large and strong man, quick-witted and skilled with weapons. He works first in New York and Chicago, and later on the American...