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Sample of authors
Fleming, Ian
Ian Lancaster Fleming was an English author and journalist born in London. He created James Bond, code name 007 – one of the most famous fictional spies of the 20th century known from a great number of books, films, radio plays etc., only a small number of which were in fact written by Fleming. Some were a great deal better, but none has had the same impact.
Fleming came from a wealthy and p...
Literary figures
John J. Malone
Gender: Male
He is a lawyer in Chicago, always longing for a drink, willing ladies and rich clients. John Joseph Malone is a slovenly, sweaty and red-faced little man, always wearing a creased suit. But he is a clever and unconventional detective in the entertaining novels by Craig Rice (pseudonym for Georgiana Randolph Craig), in which he usually has the married couple Jake and Helene Justus by his side.