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Sample of authors
Indriðason, Arnaldur
The Icelandic crime writer Arnaldur Indriðason, the son of the author Indriði Þorsteinsson, was born in Reykjavik. Arnaldur Indriðason completed his upper-secondary education in 1981 and went on to read history at the University of Iceland, graduating in 1996. He has been a journalist, and between 1986 and 2001 he reviewed film for Iceland's biggest daily newspaper, Morgunblaðið. Deterred by his f...
Literary figures
Joe Sixsmith
Gender: Male
A private detective, living and working in Luton – which is considered a small town in Britain – where he not only gets the weirdest clients but also often finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Joe Sixsmith is a former lathe operator with roots in the West Indies and who has made a new start. The unassuming and friendly problem-solver is the main character in a suite of humorous det...