Photo: Keystone Pictures USA / TT (1973)
Sample of authors
Simenon, Georges
Georges Joseph Christian Simenon was a Belgian author. He was born to Catholic middle-class parents in Liège. Georges Simenon is considered among the foremost and most popular French-speaking authors of the 20th century. He was extremely prolific. His exact output is unknown, but estimates suggest that he wrote more than 300 novels, over a thousand short stories as well as innumerable articles ...
Literary figures
Mr. Moto
Gender: Male
He introduces himself as I.A. Moto, but that is certainly not his name: he is a secret agent of the Japanese emperor, and is called only Mr. Moto. He is a highly educated, aristocratic judo master, is small and with a "typically Japanese" appearance. He rarely investigates cases, but helps others (mainly Americans) solve them, according to American author John P. Marquand.