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Sample of authors
Hellström, Börge
Börge Hellström was a former criminal turned author. After a tough childhood he became an alcoholic and a drug addict, and eventually he ended up in prison. But against all odds he managed to leave his old life behind after twenty-four years and founded the organization Criminals Return Into Society (CRIS). He was a trained therapist and worked with young people involved in crime and addiction. B...
Literary figures
Mac (Cyril) McCorkle
Gender: Male
After the Second World War, during which he was an officer in a special force in Burma, Cyril ‘Mac’ McCorkle uses his savings to buy a bar in Bonn. Unfortunately, he agrees to let Mike Padillo buy a share of the business, and Padillo is (albeit unwillingly) a spy and executioner for an American secret service. Which leads to McCorkle being caught up in a number of dramatic events in books by Ros...