Sample of authors
Childers, Erskine
The British author Robert Erskine Childers (not to be confused with his son Erskine Hamilton Childers, the fourth president of Ireland) was a famous and feared advocate of Irish independence in the early 20th century who was executed for being in possession of illegal arms. Apart from several non-fiction books, he was the author of The Riddle of the Sands (1903), considered as one of the best...
Literary figures
Asey Mayo
Gender: Male
Asa ‘Asey’ Mayo is a former seaman and racing driver who has settled in Cape Cod in Massachusetts, where he occupies himself with a bit of everything while he solves crimes in a couple of dozen books by Phoebe Atwood Taylor. He is tall and thin, weather-beaten, humorous and always walks leaning forward. He is single, but spends a lot of time with his gossiping cousin, Jennie, and her husband.