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Sample of authors
Saylor, Steven
The American author Steven Saylor has pursued two separate literary careers. In the 1980s and early ‘90s he was one of the most popular American authors of homosexual erotic stories, using the pen name Aaron Travis. More recently, he has won international fame for his historical mystery stories set in ancient Rome.
Steven Saylor was born in Port Lavaca, Texas, and grew up in Goldthwaite. His p...
Literary figures
Maisie Dobbs
Gender: Female
Young, brave and intelligent private detective who started to work as a domestic when she was only 13 years old. Maisie Dobbs had a benevolent female employer, and got to study nursing and psychology. She fell in love with a doctor who was killed in the First World War, and in 1929 she started her own detective agency. Jacqueline Winspear has written more than a dozen books about her.