Sample of authors
Brett, Simon
British author born in Worcester Park, Surrey. In 1949, the family moved to Ealing and a year later to Banstead where he attended Beacon School until 1956 when he won a grant to Dulwich College, London. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Wadham College, Oxford, in 1967. He was a member of the Oxford University Dramatic Society, and while at Oxford he spent all his leisure time performing...
Literary figures
Lee Arnold
Gender: Male
A former professional soldier and police officer, who runs a detective agency in the East End of London together with his female assistant, Mumtaz Hakim, who is a Muslim. Lee Arnold is divorced, but doesn’t lack female companions. And besides, he is good at fighting when necessary, according to author Barbara Nadel. But he suffers from painful memories of a father with violent tendencies, a...