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Staalesen, Gunnar
Norwegian author and playwright born in Bergen, where he still lives. Staalesen attended the Katedralskolan upper-secondary school until 1966 and graduated from the University of Bergen with a degree in English, French and Literature in 1976. Staalesen worked briefly at Den Nationale Scene theatre in Bergen 1972–1973 and returned there as information officer in 1976. After his literary debut w...
Literary figures
Dexter Morgan
Gender: Male
A handsome, friendly and always well-dressed forensic technician, born in 1971 and married to Rita Bennett whose two children he is very fond of. In secret, he is a serial murderer lacking in empathy, as is revealed by author Jeff Lindsay (pseudonym for Jeffry P. Freundlich). Dexter Morgan saw his mother being murdered and is encouraged by his stepfather, who is a police officer, to kill major...