Sample of authors
Christensen, Lars Saabye
Norwegian author who grew up in the Oslo suburb Skillebekk. He also lived for several years in Sortland in northern Norway, two places he keeps returning to in his books. Christensen read Norwegian, literature, history of ideas and art at university. He now lives in Oslo.
Lars Saabye Christensen is committed to help promote new talent in Norway. Between 1986 and the early nineties, he edited...
Literary figures
Gendarmerichef Laviolette
Gender: Male
Laviolette works as the head of the gendarmerie in Provence at the beginning of the 20th century. When readers meet him for the first time, he is investigating a strange case where people have died after using an aphrodisiac, and in which his 17-year-old son turns out to be involved. Pierre Magnan only wrote one more novel about the head of the gendarmerie, but he did write a whole series about...