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Sample of authors
Lansdale, Joe R.
American author, combat athlete and self-defence expert, born and raised in Gladewater, Texas. The incredibly productive Joe R. (Richard) Lansdale has written novels and short stories in many different genres: westerns, horror, science fiction, children’s books, erotica, fantasy, crime, thrillers etc. He has also written screenplays for TV and texts for several graphic series. He is, however, p...
Literary figures
Hugh Westlake
Gender: Male
When he was only 31 years old, general practitioner Dr Hugh Westlake becomes a widower and is left alone with his little daughter Dawn. He settled in a little town in eastern USA, opened a medical practice which wasn’t particularly successful and succeeds time after time in becoming involved in strange murder cases with elements of pure horror. He solves these with Dawn’s help, we are told by Jon...