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Alvtegen, Karin

Karin Alvtegen was born in Huskvarna in the Swedish province of Småland. Her parents were teachers. She specialised in music at upper-secondary school and later worked as props manager at Jönköping County Theatre. She claims she never dreamt of writing books, although her maternal grandfather, brother of Astrid Lindgren, was an author. Karin Alvtegen moved to Stockholm in 1985 where she co...

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Carl Crader

Gender: Male

Middle-aged man who is the director of the American police organisation CIB (Computer Investigation Bureau). He reports directly to the White House and is on first-name terms with the president, according to author Edward D. Hoch. Little is known about Carl Crader’s private life, but he dyes his hair which has started to turn grey, and has two faithful members of staff: his assistant Earl Jazine a...

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