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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
Christie (Christine) Opara
Gender: Female
Tough and quick-witted female police officer in New York, a widow after the death of a professional colleague. Christine ‘Christie’ Opara’s father is Greek, her mother Swedish and her husband had a Czech background: her surname should thus be pronounced Opper-uh. She is a 26-year-old slender blonde who lives on her own with her son Mickey.
Dorothy Uhnak wrote three novels about her, and she beca...