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Persson, Leif G.W.
Leif Gustav Willy Persson is a Swedish author and criminologist who previously worked for the Swedish Police and the Ministry of Justice. Persson was appointed Professor of Criminology at the Swedish National Police Academy in 1991, a post he threatened to resign from in 2008. He was persuaded to continue working until 2012 when he retired at the age of 67. Persson has also participated in the...
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Schenkel, Andrea Maria
The German author Andrea Maria Schenkel was born and raised in Regensburg. Her parents were civil servants. Her mother and, particularly, her grandmother, often spoke about the old days, which awakened Schenkel's interest in storytelling. As a child she wrote short tales, often on a "bloody" subject, although because she was left-handed she was put off from writing school assignments. After...