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Sample of authors
Fitzek, Sebastian
The German author and game constructor Sebastian Fitzek was born in Berlin. After studying at Charlottenburger Wald-Gymnasium, he started a course in Veterinary Medicine but dropped out of that after three months. Instead, he concentrated on Law, specialising in copyright law, and receiving a higher degree in 2000. While he was still a student he came into contact with a famous radio station,...
Literary figures
Maureen O’Donnell
Gender: Female
She is the protagonist in the prize-winning Garnethill trilogy by the Scottish crime writer Denise Mina. Young Maureen is a human wreck: sexually abused by her father, her mother an alcoholic, her brother a drug dealer. She has spent time in a mental hospital, and started a relationship with her psychiatrist. But she is stubborn and determined, and struggles to solve the problems and crimes she...