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Sample of authors
Hermanson, Marie
Marie Hermanson was born and grew up in Sävedalen outside Gothenburg. Her parents were teachers. After completing her Journalism studies in 1977 as well as university courses in Sociology, Literature and Childrens’ Liteature, she worked for a while as a newspaper journalist, including a period at Arbetet.
She has also taught Creative Writing, written textbooks and been a scriptwriter for radio a...
Literary figures
Mary Russell
Gender: Female
When she is 15 years old, the American theology student Mary Russell, born in 1900, becomes an apprentice to no other than Sherlock Holmes himself. Besides which, she eventually marries him, and with his assistance solves a row of mysterious cases. The independent, smart and pretty young lady’s adventures are told by Laurie R. King in a suite of novels, which are presented as being Russell’s mem...