
Sample of authors
Parsons, Julie
Writer of detective stories Julie Parsons was born and grew up in New Zealand, to which her Irish parents had emigrated in 1947. They had both been in the armed services during the Second World War, her father Andy in the army and her mother Elisabeth in the navy. When their daughter was five years old, the father – who was a doctor – disappeared on a sailing boat off the coast of Samoa; the boa...

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Ohlsson, Kristina
The Swedish author Kristina Ohlsson was born and grew up in Kristianstad as one of six siblings. As a child she was sickly, read a lot and already during her teens became interested in foreign and security politics. After matriculation in 1998, she left her home town to study in Stockholm, Göteborg and Israel. After she graduated from university with majors in Political Science and International ...