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Rönkä, Matti

The Finnish journalist and novelist Matti Rönkä was born and raised in Kuusjärvi – today part of Outokumpu– near the Russian border in northern Karelia. He later moved to Helsinki where he attended the Helsingin Sanomat school for journalism. In 1989, he was awarded a degree in social studies at the University of Helsinki. In 1990, he was employed at the state television company YLE where he worke...

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Alvirah Meehan

Gender: Female

Meehan is a cleaner who wins 40 million dollars on the lottery, which allows her to work as an amateur detective. Alvirah is the protagonist in a string of novels by Mary Higgins Clark, some written in collaboration with her daughter Carol. All the stories are set around Christmas and feature her other protagonist, Regan Reilly.

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