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Sample of authors
Egeland, Tom
Norwegian author and journalist, born in Oslo and raised in the suburb of Kalbakken in Groruddalen, where his parents had a couple of shops. One of his forefathers is Jon Flatabø from Kvam in Hardanger, who wrote so-called ‘folkedikter’ and was one of the pioneers in Norwegian popular literature. As a young teenager, Egeland was for a short period active in the Christian youth club Heimdal, but he...
Literary figures
Clinton Driffield
Gender: Male
He is a chief constable in England, aged about 35, a small thin man, sun-tanned, with a sharp eye, decisive mouth and neatly-trimmed moustache. He is usually accompanied by his ‘Watson’, Squire Wendover. Sir Clifford Driffield likes to dress conventionally, and has remarkably well-manicured hands and good teeth, according to author J.J. Connington (pseudonym for A.W. Stewart).