Photo: Ben Smith / Rex / TT (2003)
Sample of authors
Saylor, Steven
The American author Steven Saylor has pursued two separate literary careers. In the 1980s and early ‘90s he was one of the most popular American authors of homosexual erotic stories, using the pen name Aaron Travis. More recently, he has won international fame for his historical mystery stories set in ancient Rome.
Steven Saylor was born in Port Lavaca, Texas, and grew up in Goldthwaite. His p...
Literary figures
Christie (Christine) Opara
Gender: Female
Tough and quick-witted female police officer in New York, a widow after the death of a professional colleague. Christine ‘Christie’ Opara’s father is Greek, her mother Swedish and her husband had a Czech background: her surname should thus be pronounced Opper-uh. She is a 26-year-old slender blonde who lives on her own with her son Mickey.
Dorothy Uhnak wrote three novels about her, and she beca...