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Sample of authors
Lillegraven, Ruth
Norwegian poet, novelist and author of books for children, Ruth Lillegraven was born in Granvin in Hardanger, and grew up on a little farm there. She attended Voss gymnasium school 1994–97, and subsequently studied marketing and information technology at Norges Markedshøyskole 1997–2000. She then worked for the Norwegian publishing house (culture and textbooks) Det Norske Samlaget 2001–07, and fro...
Literary figures
Ben Safford
Gender: Male
For an American congressman, Benton ‘Ben’ Safford (Democrat) is an unusually vague and everyday sort of man. He comes from little Newburg in Ohio, doesn’t have a family of his own but still has some relatives back in Ohio – primarily his determined sister Janet. But when the need arrives, he is a clever amateur detective, which is shown in seven novels by R.B. Dominic (pseudonym for Mary J. Latsis...