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Sample of authors
Moorcock, Michael
The British author, editor and musician Michael John Moorcock is something of a phenomenon. He began his career as the editor of a comic magazine. Today, he is a prize-winning novelist named by The Times as one of Britain’s most important post-war authors. He is considered a pioneer within new wave science fiction and a central figure in modern fantasy fiction. Moorcock is also the author of s...
Literary figures
Þóra Guðmundsdóttir
Gender: Female
When we meet her in Yrsa Sigurðardóttir’s first crime novel, skilful lawyer Þóra Guðmundsdóttir is 36 years old and the single mother of a son Gylfi, 16, and a daughter Sóley. She is divorced from her husband Hannes, but later embarks upon a relationship with the German police officer Matthew Reich. He is blond with long hair, high cheek bones and walnut-shaped blue eyes. And he is also the part-o...