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Fois, Marcello
Marcello Fois is an Italian author and playwright born in Nuoro, Sardinia. He grew up on the island and later attended the University of Bologna, graduating in 1986. He still lives in Bologna, although he spends extended periods in Sardinia. Fois wrote his first novel in 1989, and after some difficulties finding a publisher it was published as Ferro recente in 1992. By that time Fois had...
Literary figures
Nikki Liska
Gender: Female
Female police officer in Minneapolis, divorced with two teenaged sons, and together with colleague Sam Kovac the main character in a suite of crime novels by Tami Hoag. Nikki Liska has a sharp tongue, is tough and has quite a sense of humour. She gets on well with the older Kovac, and they miss each other – so they continue to cooperate – when she is moved to a cold-case group to be able to have m...