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Portrait image of Heine Bakkeid Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2019)

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Bakkeid, Heine

Heine Bakkeid was born in Gratangen in Troms in northern Norway. He grew up there and in Kvæfjord outside Harstad. Heine Bakkeid has a university degree in system development. After living for a while in Stavanger, he returned to his home district.
Heine Bakkeid made his debut as a writer of books for young adults with the humorous science-fiction novel Boblejim : ‘spesialagenten’ 2005. His firs...

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Maureen O’Donnell

Gender: Female

She is the protagonist in the prize-winning Garnethill trilogy by the Scottish crime writer Denise Mina. Young Maureen is a human wreck: sexually abused by her father, her mother an alcoholic, her brother a drug dealer. She has spent time in a mental hospital, and started a relationship with her psychiatrist. But she is stubborn and determined, and struggles to solve the problems and crimes she...

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