Sample of authors
Turow, Scott
Scott Frederick Turow is an American author born in Chicago, Illinois, where his father was working as a physicist. Both parents were descended from Russian Jews. Turow graduated from Trier High School, Winnetka, Illinois, in 1966 and went on to study at Amherst College, Massachusetts, graduating with a BA in 1970. He won a grant to read creative writing at Stanford University, California, and...
Literary figures
Jonny Lilja
Gender: Male
He is a police officer, but also a gambling addict which means he has to help the mafia. That is not the only problem for Detective Inspector Jonny Lilja in Malmö. When his ex-wife Lena is murdered, he becomes a suspect. However, he pulls himself together, stops gambling and then moves in with his adoptive daughter, Maria. He is, according to author Olle Lönneaus, middle-aged, a bit s...