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Sample of authors
Alvtegen, Karin
Karin Alvtegen was born in Huskvarna in the Swedish province of Småland. Her parents were teachers. She specialised in music at upper-secondary school and later worked as props manager at Jönköping County Theatre. She claims she never dreamt of writing books, although her maternal grandfather, brother of Astrid Lindgren, was an author. Karin Alvtegen moved to Stockholm in 1985 where she co...
Literary figures
Merlini
Gender: Male
His first name is never mentioned, but as a stage magician he is known as The Great Merlini. He is a former circus artiste, but when we meet him in Clayton Rawson’s detective story, Merlini is running a store for magic supplies in Times Square in New York and solving inexplicable murders – so-called impossible crimes. He doesn’t like the subway, beer, opera, golf and sleep, but loves surfing, tabl...