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Lillegraven, Ruth
Norwegian poet, novelist and author of books for children, Ruth Lillegraven was born in Granvin in Hardanger, and grew up on a little farm there. She attended Voss gymnasium school 1994–97, and subsequently studied marketing and information technology at Norges Markedshøyskole 1997–2000. She then worked for the Norwegian publishing house (culture and textbooks) Det Norske Samlaget 2001–07, and fro...
Literary figures
Norah Mulcahaney
Gender: Female
Young, attractive police officer in New York, who already in Lillian O’Donnell’s second book about her marries her older colleague Joe Capretto. After she has had several miscarriages, they adopt a child, but soon afterwards Norah Mulcahaney becomes a widow. She struggles on, however, and is promoted even though she breaks internal rules and in one instance even has her service weapon taken away.