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Sample of authors
Goodwin, Jason
Jason Goodwin is a British author and journalist. His mother, the bohemian author Jocasta Innes, and his father, the author and estate agent John Michell, were briefly involved in a relationship that broke up before their son was born. Jason was adopted by his mother’s husband, the film producer Richard B. Goodwin, but when Jason was three years old, his mother left her husband for a younger m...
Literary figures
Rene Shade
Gender: Male
According to author Daniel Woodrell, the fictive small town St. Bruno in Florida is riddled with corruption and filled with crime and misery. The Shade family live there, and several members are engaged is shady deals. Not, however, the middle brother Rene Shade – an ex-boxer, scarred and wide-shouldered with dark skin and blue eyes, and just as ruthlessly tough as the worst elements in town. He o...