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Sample of authors
Rudberg, Denise
Denise Rudberg is dubbed the queen of Swedish chick lit, and she has scored commercial high points in Sweden as well as in other countries. Common denominator for most of her early novels is the chronicling of a wealthy upper class. Financially independent persons have access to a closed world where common people seldom tread. Education and work are areas of fun and self-improvement, money is no...
Literary figures
Kate Fansler
Gender: Female
Like her creator Amanda Cross (pseudonym for Carolyn G. Heilbrun) Kate Fansler is a professor of Literature, independent and respected, as well as being an active feminist. When Fansler marries Reed Amhearst, she refuses to adopt his surname or wear a wedding ring. Besides which the slim and attractive middle-aged lady is a skilled amateur detective who solves her cases mainly by talking with...