Photo: Dermot Cleary
Sample of authors
Leonard, Elmore
The American author Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was born in New Orleans, but because his father worked for the automobile industry, the family often moved homes. They lived in Dallas, Oklahoma City and Memphis before finally settling in Detroit in 1934. Leonard graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School in 1943, after which he did his military service in the Navy and was sent to...
Literary figures
Joseph French
Gender: Male
With patience, thorough and determined routine work, Detective Inspector Joseph French of Scotland Yard has broken a long row of false alibis and exposed a similarly long row of murderers. He is short in stature, well-built, likes to wear tweeds and is a typical English gentleman. He spends his free time with his wife (they don’t have any children) and likes to potter – like his creator F. Wills C...