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Sample of authors
Carlsson, Christoffer
Christoffer Carlsson grew up a rather lonely child in the small community of Skedala "in the gap between Halmstad and Simlångsdalen along national trunk road 25". His mother is a police clerk and his father a former car mechanic. Books were not common in the house when he was a boy. He discovered them on his own by means of the local mobile library. "No one else knows just how cool this is," he ...
Literary figures
Lew Archer
Gender: Male
He began his careers within the police, but he was too honest for his job, so he became a private investigator in Los Angeles instead. Ross Macdonald’s sympathetic, intelligent and sensitive protagonist, Lew Archer, is one of the best-known characters within the hard-boiled crime genre. He often helps young people that have got into trouble, and he engages in cultural activities in his spare time.