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Sample of authors
Lyall, Gavin
Gavin Tudor Lyall was a British author of espionage thrillers. He was born in Birmingham, England, where he attended the King Edward VI School between 1943 and 1951. After serving in the Royal Air Force 1951–53, he read English at Pembroke College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1956. While at Cambridge he edited the student newspaper Varsity in which he also published a c...
Literary figures
Tish (Letitia) Carberry
Gender: Female
A jolly and good-hearted middle-aged spinster, who lives on money she has inherited, and lodges with a nephew, Charlie Sands. She is the main character in a whole row of short stories (but no novels) by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Together with her friends Aggie Pilkington and Lizzie Wilkins, Tish Carberry often goes travelling, which leads to her becoming involved in various dramatic events, which...