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Sample of authors
Bernuth, Christa
The German journalist and crime author Christa von Bernuth was born in Munich where she still lives. After attending boarding school in Bavaria she travelled the world and took odd jobs. She became a journalist, and in 1990 she began to work for various newspapers and magazines, including Elle and Der Spiegel. She wrote about relationships, celebrities, career opportunities, travel and...
Literary figures
Hafez el-Assad
Gender: Male
He is simply called Assad by his colleagues in the crime novels by Danish writer Jussi Adler-Olsen. Despite lacking formal qualifications, he is employed in the police department’s so-called ‘cold-case’ group. He generously shares of his knowledge of, for example, various types of weapons, but is not keen to talk about himself. Assad has his roots in an Arab country, probably Syria, and has certa...