Sample of authors
Smirnoff, Karin (f. 1964)
Karin Smirnoff has the same name as August Strindberg’s daughter, dramatist and author Karin Smirnoff (1880-1973) who also wrote novels. ‘Our’ Karin Smirnoff grew up in Stockholm, but now lives in Hertsånger in Västerbotten, northern Sweden. She has her roots on her mother’s side in the same area. Karin has previously worked as a journalist and photographer, one of her employers being Västerbot...
Literary figures
Perry (Peregrine) Trethowan
Gender: Male
He is from a wealthy, but eccentric, family, with which he has cut off contact. Now the slightly sardonic Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Peregrine ‘Perry’ Trethowan lives in London with his wife Jan and son Daniel. But when he investigates the murder of his father, he is forced to re-establish contact with the family, after which it plays a certain – and not particularly welcome – role in his life,...