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Sample of authors
Theorin, Johan
Johan Theorin is a Swedish author and journalist. He was born in Gothenburg and grew up in Nora, where he moved with his family in 1964. He finds his inspiration on the island of Öland where he used to spend his summer holidays as a child. Theorin completed upper-secondary school in Lindesberg in 1983. After a year of military service followed he was an exchange student at Middlebury College, ...
Literary figures
Flavia Albia
Gender: Female
When ‘private informer’ Marcus Didius Falco’s wife Helena meets her, Flavia Albia is a sullen teenager of unknown origin: she probably has a Roman father and a mother from Britannia. Falco and Helena adopt the girl, who grows up to become a beautiful woman and a clever detective. She takes over after Falco as the main character in Lindsay Davis’ historical detective stories, which are set in the 1...