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Sample of authors
Forbes, Colin
Colin Forbes is the pseudonym of the British author Raymond Harold Sawkins who was born in Hampstead, London. His first published novel, Snow on High Ground (1966), was followed by a string of novels of which some, like his first book, were published under his own name and others under the pseudonyms Richard Raine or Jay Bernard. He later denounced his early work and claims Tramp in Armour...
Literary figures
John Putnam Thatcher
Gender: Male
As the senior vice president for the third largest bank in the world – and in effect the man who runs the bank’s business – John Putnam Thatcher is an international power factor. He is also a clever amateur detective who solves many of the crimes he comes across in his work. He is a dignified, very polite gentleman in his sixties, according to his creator Emma Lathen (pseudonym for Mary J. Latsi...