Sample of authors
Sapper
Pseudonym for Englishman (Herman) Cyril McNeile, who – using the alias Sapper – was one of the best-selling English-language authors in the inter-war years. His simplistic and partisan nationalism, together with racist and fascist ideas, made him controversial already during his lifetime, and have meant that his books about the British officer and superman Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond are still used in...
Literary figures
Kai Bugge
Gender: Male
A middle-aged Norwegian psychoanalyst, whom author Bernhard Borge (pseudonym for André Bjerke) partly based on his friend, psychoanalyst Trygve Braatøy. Kai Bugge is calm and logical and is said to be known for his book Das Verbrechen als Erlösung. He is considered to be the first ‘psychological’ problem-solver in Nordic crime fiction, and the three books about him are regarded as classics.