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Kristensen, Tom (f. 1955)
Tom Kristensen is a Norwegian economist, engineer and author born in Tjøme, Vestfold county. He has won fame as a writer of financial thrillers. Kristensen was educated at Kongsberg Engineering College and at the Bergen School of Economics, graduating in 1981. He later worked for Statens Teknologiske Institutt in Kristiansand until he moved to Oslo.
He first worked as a financial adviser at an ...
Literary figures
Willie Garvin
Gender: Male
The orphaned Willie Garvin ran away from an English children’s home when he was 14 years old. He became an international vagabond and supported himself as a Thai boxer when the leader of a criminal gang, Modesty Blaise, became aware of him. He became her trusted companion even after they had left their criminal life behind them, and instead work for the British Secret Service in the books by P...