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Sample of authors
Vidal, Gore
The American novelist and essayist Gore Vidal was born at West Point, New York. He was originally christened Eugene Vidal, but in his teens he changed his first name to his maternal grandfather’s surname. Gore Vidal was the only child of the pilot Eugene Luther Vidal and his wife, Nina S. Gore, an actress. He was not close to either. His parents were divorced when Vidal was ten, and although he m...
Literary figures
Sarah Keate
Gender: Female
Young, intelligent nurse who works at a hospital as well as privately. She is careful and conscientious, and soon discovers that something is wrong – which it always is in the novels by Mignon G. Eberhart. Sarah Keate is a fairly good amateur detective, but to solve cases she is often assisted by the investigations carried out by police officer Lance O’Leary – but they don’t work together.