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Sample of authors
Bakkeid, Heine
Heine Bakkeid was born in Gratangen in Troms in northern Norway. He grew up there and in Kvæfjord outside Harstad. Heine Bakkeid has a university degree in system development. After living for a while in Stavanger, he returned to his home district.
Heine Bakkeid made his debut as a writer of books for young adults with the humorous science-fiction novel Boblejim : ‘spesialagenten’ 2005. His firs...
Literary figures
Edward Thackeray
Gender: Male
A patient and stoic detective constable at Scotland Yard during the Victorian era. He works side-by-side with his superior Sergeant Cribb in a suite of historical whodunits by Peter Lovesey. Edward Thackeray is dutiful and conscientious, but somewhat lacking in imagination, and he finds it hard to always keep up with Cribb’s reasoning. Besides, he is bad at spelling, which causes a number of e...