Photo: SVT / TT (1946)
Sample of authors
Heller, Frank
Frank Heller is a pseudonym used by the Swedish author Gunnar Serner who was among the most popular authors of light fiction in Sweden. His books have been translated to some twenty languages including English, German, French, Spanish and Russian. His stories are particularly popular in Germany.
Serner was born in Lösen in the southern province of Blekinge. His father was a vicar. When Serner ...
Literary figures
Ephraim Peck
Gender: Male
The very friendly and honest retired judge Ephraim Peabody Peck lives in the fictive Sac Prairie in Wisconsin. He usually wears a large overcoat and a wide-rimmed hat and carries an umbrella. He can look slightly confused and lost, but one shouldn’t be fooled by his appearance, author August Derleth assures us. Peck has helped the police to solve many strange murder cases.