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Sample of authors
Larsson, Åsa
Swedish crime writer and former tax lawyer born in Uppsala. Both parents grew up near the city of Kiruna in the north of Sweden – Åsa Larsson’s grandfather is the Olympic gold-winning skier Erik "Kiruna-Lasse" Larsson – and she moved there with her family when she was four years old. She grew up in Kiruna and spent her summer holidays with her grandmother in the village of Kurkkio in Pajala. When...
Literary figures
Lisbeth Salander
Gender: Female
A young punk rocker, computer hacker and cracker with a troubled past, including a spell at a psychiatric ward. She is one of Sweden’s best-known female characters internationally. Salander is the protagonist of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy and the official sequel. She is a highly organized woman on the left of the political spectrum, and when she needs to she is an efficient action heroine.