photo copyright: I. Morelius
I am very grateful to have made
the acquaintance of Captain Iwan Morelius, retired of the
Swedish Army. He was a close personal friend of the
Bagley’s and features in the author’s dedication for
The
Enemy.
He has been able to shed much light in dark corners.
The Captain is a very friendly, helpful, charismatic and
energetic man, happy to assist in any way he can. The
marvellous photo-album of his meetings with the author has
been invaluable.
Born in Stockholm in 1931 Iwan Morelius left school earlier
than expected and began working for the Swedish Press
Office in Visby on the island of Gotland. Military service
beckoned and Iwan joined up, serving way beyond his
conscription, from 1950 until 1981 in Uppsala, Kiruna and
Strängnäs.
During his free time Iwan read a lot of his favourite
subject - mysteries and thrillers - and in 1968 founded one
of the longest-running genre magazines there has been:
DAST. He has passed the reigns on to someone else now, but
still publishes his Read and Heard in the
Hammock magazine. The sheer numbers of
authors he knows or has known would make any fan of the
genre green with envy!
Take a look at his web-site at: http://hangmattan.site90.net/