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Sample of authors
Høeg, Peter
The Danish author Peter Høeg was born in Copenhagen and grew up in the inner-city district of Christianshavn. His mother taught Greek and Latin in upper-secondary school and his father was a lawyer. He attended that smart Bording free school, but was expelled in 1973 on account of his behaviour. He eventually earned his baccalaureate at the Fredriksberg upper-secondary school in 1976.
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Literary figures
Frieda Klein
Gender: Female
She is a psychotherapist and curious, which is why she can’t refrain form delving deep into the problems of her patients – as well as her own problems. Freida Klein is in her twenties and lives in London. She suffers from insomnia and explores the darker sides of the city at night. In several books by Nicci French (pseudonym for Nicci Gerrard and Sean French) she cooperates with police detective M...