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Sample of authors
Flynn, Gillian
Already as a child, the American author and journalist Gillian Flynn was fascinated by horror and crime. She read books with violence, unexplained events and blood in the plot, and watched X rated films. When she was seven years old, she had already seen such films as Psycho, Alien and Bonnie and Clyde – with her father’s blessing. He was a professor and teacher of Film Studies, while her mot...
Literary figures
Nick Stefanos
Gender: Male
Nicholas J. ‘Nick’ Stefanos is a Greek-American private detective in Washington in a trilogy of detective stories by George P. Pelecanos. He is heavily built and often does unpaid work to help relatives and friends who have run into problems. This means that he doesn’t earn much money, and to make ends meet he also works in a bar. He rarely says no to a bit of liquor, some sex or a fight.