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Sample of authors
Vallgren, Carl-Johan
Carl-Johan Emanuel Vallgren had a hard time deciding whether to focus on music or writing. Growing up, he attended various music schools and was fully committed to becoming a musician. If you ask him now what his profession is, he answers storyteller.
Vallgren was born in Linköping in and grew up at Skogstorp near Falkenberg. His mother was a childminder who later trained as a preschool ...
Literary figures
Lecoq
Gender: Male
Monsieur Lecoq, whose first name is never mentioned, had some minor crimes on his conscience when he changed sides and instead got a job with La Sûreté in Paris. He is from a fine, but financially ruined, family. He is a small person but with a well-proportioned body and glowing eyes. In five classic novels by Émile Gaboriau, published 1866-68, he solves crimes in a surprisingly modern manner.