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Sample of authors
Lehane, Dennis
The American crime writer Dennis Lehane grew up in an Irish family as the youngest of five children in Dorchester on the outskirts of Boston. After graduating from Boston College High School he alternated odd jobs with intermittent study while he was thinking about what he wanted to do.
In 1986, he moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, to attend Eckerd College, and he graduated with a degree in...
Literary figures
Lars Martin Johansson
Gender: Male
Johansson is head of the Swedish Police. He first appears in Leif G. W. Persson’s first book Grisfesten and then returns in a string of novels by the author. He was previously married to Gunilla; they have two children together. After a few years he marries Pia who is 20 years younger. He is a passionate hunter and eventually dies of a stroke.