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Sample of authors
Hall, Tarquin
British author and journalist born in London. He had a varied education, attended a number of different educational institutions and took several degrees in various subjects. When he was eighteen, Tarquin Hall decided he wanted to become a journalist, and since his mother was American, he went to the United States where he worked in a hotel and at a ranch while he tried to pitch his articles to...
Literary figures
Lisbeth Salander
Gender: Female
A young punk rocker, computer hacker and cracker with a troubled past, including a spell at a psychiatric ward. She is one of Sweden’s best-known female characters internationally. Salander is the protagonist of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy and the official sequel. She is a highly organized woman on the left of the political spectrum, and when she needs to she is an efficient action heroine.