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Sample of authors
Chandler, Raymond
American detective writer, born in Chicago. He spent his early childhood in Wyoming and Nebraska. His parents divorced when he was six years old, and in 1897 he moved with his mother to England, where he become a British citizen in 1907. Chandler received a classical education at Dulwich College in London in 1900-05. In 1905-07, he studied in both France and Germany and next worked as a reporter...
Literary figures
Emmy Tibbett
Gender: Female
She is the wife of the English detective Henry Tibbett in a suite of whodunnits by Patricia Moyes. Emmy Tibbett was born in the Netherlands, and is a plump lady who hides stubbornness and will-power behind a jolly and friendly façade. She struggles hard to keep her weight down, and shares in her husband’s cases with empathy and curiosity. Quite often it is she who discovers decisive leads.