Sample of authors
Stout, Rex
The American author Rex Todhunter Stout was born in Noblesville, Indiana, as the sixth of nine children to John and Lucetta Todhunter Stout who were both Quakers. When he was only a few months old, the family moved to Topeka, Kansas. As a child, Stout was good at mathematics and languages and he was later admitted to the University of Kansas at Lawrence, but his family could not afford to pay...
Literary figures
Duncan Maclain
Gender: Male
He is young and rich, tall, dark and handsome with his curly hair. He also dresses very elegantly. Duncan Maclain lost his sight during the First World War, in which he took part with the rank of captain. It is, however, hard to believe – his other senses are extremely well developed. He is a well-known private detective in New York, where he marries the beautiful Sybylla Ford, according to a...