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Larsson, Stieg
Stieg Larsson was a Swedish author and journalist who, despite only publishing three novels, is one of Sweden’s best-selling authors of fiction ever, both at home and abroad. He was born as Karl Stig-Erland Larsson in Skelleftehamn, but since his parents were only nineteen years old and had no money at the time, he was brought up by his grandparents, initially in the small village of Utviken and l...
Literary figures
John Putnam Thatcher
Gender: Male
As the senior vice president for the third largest bank in the world – and in effect the man who runs the bank’s business – John Putnam Thatcher is an international power factor. He is also a clever amateur detective who solves many of the crimes he comes across in his work. He is a dignified, very polite gentleman in his sixties, according to his creator Emma Lathen (pseudonym for Mary J. Latsi...