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Sample of authors
Asimov, Isaac
Isaac Asimov was born as Isaak Yudovich Ozimov in a small town near Smolensk in the former Soviet Union. When he was three years old he moved with his parents to New York where they came to own several candy stores/newsagents. Asimov studied at Columbia University, New York, and took his doctor's degree in chemistry in 1948. Between 1942 and 1945 he worked at the American Air Force experimental...
Literary figures
Joseph French
Gender: Male
With patience, thorough and determined routine work, Detective Inspector Joseph French of Scotland Yard has broken a long row of false alibis and exposed a similarly long row of murderers. He is short in stature, well-built, likes to wear tweeds and is a typical English gentleman. He spends his free time with his wife (they don’t have any children) and likes to potter – like his creator F. Wills C...