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Sample of authors
Aird, Catherine
Catherine Aird is the pen name of the British crime writer Kinn Hamilton McIntosh. She was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, where she attended school, although she was absent for long periods due to a serious medical condition that affected her kidneys. Her father, a physician, made sure she was given the best medical care, and she later recovered. McIntosh was bed-ridden for much of her...
Literary figures
Filip Collin
Gender: Male
A very eloquent, smart and worldly Swedish adventurer and gentleman thief, who eventually also turns out to be a skilled detective. Filip Collin, who often calls himself Professor Pelotard, together with his companions – the Frenchman Lavertisse and the Englishman Graham – is mainly engaged in financial crime in a number of books written by Frank Heller (pseudonym for Gunnar Serner).