Sample of authors
Whitaker, Chris
English author and former stock-broker, born and grew up in London. Nowadays he lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and three children, and works part-time as a librarian. As an author he is greatly influenced by his background. His parents had divorced, he was never interested in school, starting doing various jobs when he was still a teenager, and he earned money handing out advertising...
Literary figures
Alan Grant
Gender: Male
Alan Grant is a Scottish detective inspector employed by Scotland Yard, although he would not really have to work for a living as he has inherited a small fortune from a relative. He solves crime in a string of whodunits by Josephine Tey. With his nondescript personality he blends in everywhere. He is a skilled, although rather one-dimensional, detective.