Meny
Portrait image of Ninni Schulman Photo: Ola Erikson / Forflex (2025)

Sample of authors

Schulman, Ninni

The Swedish author Ninni Schulman was born as Karin Jessica Christina Olofsdotter-Jansson at Rämmen in Värmland province, and she grew up in nearby Lesjöfors. She attended upper-secondary school at Spångbergagymnasiet in Filipstad until 1992. She then moved to Uppsala where she lived while attending the journalism programme at Bona Folkhögskola in Motala between 1993 and 1995. After a few years at...

Further reading

Literary figures

Francis Hancock

Gender: Male

His father was an Englishman, his mother from India. Francis Hancock himself is a funeral director in London during the Second World War, when the Germans bombed the city. His experiences during the First World War, when he was a soldier, have given him mental problems. He is very withdrawn, which doesn’t, however, prevent him from being a clever – albeit reluctant – amateur detective in a suite o...

Further reading