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Sample of authors
Deighton, Len
The British author Len Deighton was born as Leonard Cyril Deighton in London. His father was a chauffeur; his mother worked in a hotel kitchen. He was a boy when he helped his father as a volunteer during the London Blitz. After leaving school he worked briefly as a railway clerk, and at the age of seventeen he joined the Royal Air Force Special Investigation Branch as a photographer. He then...
Literary figures
Goldy Bear Schulz
Gender: Female
She is 30-something years old and divorced; her ex-husband is usually referred to as ‘The Jerk’. Gertrude ‘Goldy’ Bear is blond, short in stature and a bit plump. To support herself and her 11-year-old son, she starts a catering firm in Colorado, but time after time is disturbed by murders, says Diane Mott Davidson. Luckily, Goldy is assisted by police officer Tom Schulz, whom she eventually marri...