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Sample of authors
Stout, Rex
The American author Rex Todhunter Stout was born in Noblesville, Indiana, as the sixth of nine children to John and Lucetta Todhunter Stout who were both Quakers. When he was only a few months old, the family moved to Topeka, Kansas. As a child, Stout was good at mathematics and languages and he was later admitted to the University of Kansas at Lawrence, but his family could not afford to pay...
Literary figures
Pete Schofield
Gender: Male
A reasonably tough private detective in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles. He is just over 30 years old, tall and well-built, very handsome, is extremely charming and – according to author Thomas B. Dewey – easily gets women to fall for him. But Pete Schofield is married and faithful to his wife, the temperamental, beautiful and red-haired Jeannie, who (partly against his will) helps him to solve t...