Sample of authors
Wright, Willard Huntington
Willard Huntington Wright was an American critic and editor. He was born in Virginia, attended Harvard and later studied art in Paris and Munich. He was employed as an art and literature critic at the Los Angeles Times and between 1912 and 1914 he edited Smart Set magazine, popular among the American jet set. He also wrote several seminal works on art, philosophy, literature and culture as well...
Literary figures
Hildegarde Withers
Gender: Female
A tall, angular and determined elderly school mistress – in later books retired school mistress – in New York who solves cases in a suite of cosy detective stories by Stuart Palmer. She often cooperates with Inspector Oscar Piper and lawyer John J. Malone, created by Craig Rice. Hildegarde Withers always wears original hats and has an umbrella with her, collects tropical fish and is a strong opp...