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Abbott, Megan

The American scholar and author Megan Abbott was born in Detroit and raised there and at Grosse Pointe, Michigan. She attended the University of Michigan and graduated with a Ph.D. in literature from New York University. She then taught there and at State University of New York, New School University, New York and the University of Mississippi. Abbott has contributed to a number of newspapers...

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Julie Hayes

Gender: Female

Author Dorothy Salisbury Davis created an unusual female problem-solver in the form of Julie Hayes. She is a middle-aged woman, who was raped in her youth, which led to mental problems. She tests several different professions, including that of a gossip columnist and a fortune teller, and for a long time lives in a dysfunctional marriage with an older man. And she also gets involved in crimes in...

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