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Sample of authors
Lindell, Unni
Unni Maria Lindell is one of Norway’s most productive and best selling authors. Although she is best known for her crime novels, her emphasis is on books for children and young adults, and humorous books.
Unni Lindell was born in Oslo, but she moved with her family to the neighbouring municipality of Bærum where her Swedish great grandfather, a left-wing politician, had settled in 1885. She ha...
Literary figures
Kate Brannigan
Gender: Female
Kate Brannigan is a private detective at Mortensen & Brannigan in Manchester. According to the author, Val McDermid, she dropped out of law school. Brannigan is a tough, quick-witted, independent woman with a great deal of integrity. She refuses to move in with her music journalist partner who lives next-door. She never gives up a case, not even when all the odds are against her.