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Sample of authors
Hayder, Mo
The British thriller writer Mo Hayder, pen name for Clare Dunkel, grew up in Essex. She revolted against her academic family by leaving school at the age of fifteen. She, herself, for a long time considered it to be a considerably greater achievement to be arrested by the police than to gain a place at a university. Just before her sixteenth birthday, she left for London, and for many years...
Literary figures
Abe (Abraham) Lieberman
Gender: Male
A tired and worn-out veteran in the Chicago police force. He is 60+ and suffers from arthritis as well as insomnia, according to author Stuart M. Kaminsky. However, Abraham ‘Abe’ Lieberman is happily married to Bess. Their daughter Lisa has just left a failed marriage and this has hit him hard. He looks like a sad dog and comforts himself with crossword puzzles, old films and books – parti...