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Sample of authors
Queen, Ellery
Ellery Queen is a pen name shared by Frederic Dannay, born Daniel Nathan, and Manfred B. (Bennington) Lee, born Manford Lepofsky, both from New York. They were cousins who attended Boy's High School, Brooklyn, together and later worked independently within PR and advertising before they started writing full time in 1931.
Ellery Queen is something of institution in the detective genre; the books...
Literary figures
Duncan Maclain
Gender: Male
He is young and rich, tall, dark and handsome with his curly hair. He also dresses very elegantly. Duncan Maclain lost his sight during the First World War, in which he took part with the rank of captain. It is, however, hard to believe – his other senses are extremely well developed. He is a well-known private detective in New York, where he marries the beautiful Sybylla Ford, according to a...