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Sample of authors
Trosell, Aino
Trosell is a Swedish writer, born in the town of Malung where she grew up in a blue-collar family. In 1967, Aino Trosell moved to Gothenburg where she combined her high school studies with work at a psychiatric institution and a tobacco company. After graduating with a Bachelor of Social Services from the Social Work College in 1974, she took on employment as a social worker, but found the job...
Literary figures
John Appleby
Gender: Male
Detective inspector, later commissioner, at Scotland Yard, and so clever that he is eventually knighted by the queen. He is the main character in a row of novels and short stories by Michael Innes, and ages gracefully at the same pace as his creator. When he retires, Sir John Appleby buys a country estate. He is married to sculptress Judith Raven, and they have a son, Bobby, who himself acts the...