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Sample of authors
Moorcock, Michael
The British author, editor and musician Michael John Moorcock is something of a phenomenon. He began his career as the editor of a comic magazine. Today, he is a prize-winning novelist named by The Times as one of Britain’s most important post-war authors. He is considered a pioneer within new wave science fiction and a central figure in modern fantasy fiction. Moorcock is also the author of s...
Literary figures
Gerlof Davidsson
Gender: Male
He is a former sea captain, now more than 80 years old, and in need of a walking stick as well as a hearing aid in his daily life. But there is nothing wrong with his memory and deductive reasoning. Old Gerlof – loosely based on author Johan Theorin’s grandfather Ellert Gerlofsson – is the main character, if not always the real problem-solver, in four lauded detective stories set in an Öland islan...