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Sample of authors
Lönnaeus, Olle
The journalist and author Olof "Olle" Lönnaeus was born in Tomelilla, Southeast Scania. After completing upper-secondary school in Ystad, he did his military service in Kristianstad before moving to Lund to read law with the intention of making his services available to the most disadvantaged in society. He graduated in 1983. After having served at a district court in Malmö and working for the p...
Literary figures
Burke
Gender: Male
He is a violent and tough ‘private’ crime-fighter (without a licence) in New York. Like his creator, lawyer Andrew Vachss, he combats sex criminals, predominantly paedophiles, Burke – his first name is never mentioned – has himself had a tragic childhood during which he was sexually abused, and has also been in prison. He surrounds himself with an odd ‘family’ consisting of other former prison inm...