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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
Easy (Ezekiel) Rawlins
Gender: Male
Afro-American war veteran, who in the late 1940s established himself as a private detective in Los Angeles. In the books by Walter Mosley we get to follow his life during the decades that follow. For example, Ezekiel Porterhouse ‘Easy’ Rawlins gets married to Regina, they have a daughter Edna and adopt the dumb Jesus. Easy is a pleasant, quick-thinking and nice-looking man and he uses fantastic, c...