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Sample of authors
Khadra, Yasmina
Pseudonym used by the French-Algerian author Mohamed (sometimes spelled Mohammed) Moulessehoul, born at Kenadsa in the northern Algeria part of the Sahara. His mother was from a nomad family, his father an army officer. Moulessehoul was sent by his father to a cadet school, and in 1975 he started officer’s training college after which he spent 36 years in the Algerian army reaching the rank of m...
Literary figures
Kenneth Carlisle
Gender: Male
A popular and charming silent-movie star who starts a new career when the talkies make their breakthrough – even though, in contrast to many colleagues, he has a good voice. But Kenneth Carlisle is fed up with show business, of the idolatry and of not having any private life, explains author Carolyn Wells. Instead, he establishes himself as a private detective in Manhattan, and solves cases in v...