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Sample of authors
Spillane, Mickey
The American author Frank Morrison Spillane was born in Brooklyn, New York, to an Irish Catholic father and Scottish Presbyterian mother. He was christened twice; Michael was his Catholic baptismal name. At school he was known as Morrison Spillane, and as an adult he took the name Mickey, which was his father’s nickname for him.
When he was still very young, the family moved to Elizabeth, New J...
Literary figures
Ebenezer Gryce
Gender: Male
Gryce was a New York detective and an older man when he was introduced in 1878. A.K. Green’s last book about him did not appear until 1917. He is a kind, somewhat rotund, arthritic bachelor who evades eye contact with the persons he interrogates. However, his friendly demeanour and his empathy with “ordinary people” makes him a successful detective.