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Sample of authors
Guillou, Jan
Swedish author and journalist, who was born in Södertälje and grew up in Saltsjöbaden. Jan Guillou, who has French ancestry (his paternal grandfather was the French ambassador in Helsinki), dropped out of his university studies in Law, and instead concentrated his efforts on a career as a journalist, at an early stage becoming known for his committed and politically radical reporting – Guillou has...
Literary figures
Lancelot Priestley
Gender: Male
He was forced to resign from the university where he taught Chemistry and Physics after skirmishes with the board. But he is well-off, and his hobby is to help English police officers solve tricky murder mysteries – usually by just listening to their reports in the books by John Rhode (pseudonym for Cecil Street). Dr. Lancelot Priestley has thick spectacles, is a widower and has a daughter named A...