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Sample of authors
Hart, John
John Hart is considered to be one of the great names in American crime fiction during the 21st century. All of his books have ended up on the bestseller lists in the USA, and he is the first author to win MWA (Mystery Writers of America) Edgar awards for two consecutive novels: Down River (2007) and The Last Child (2009). Several of his other books have gained prizes in the USA as well as Great...
Literary figures
V.I. Warshawski
Gender: Female
Victoria Iphigenia Warshawski is a hardboiled private detective in Chicago. She often rescues people on the margins of society and she often she rails against crooked politicians, bigotry, and toned-down political scandals. Her father is Polish and her mother was Jewish – and she has more lovers than she has friends according to the author, Sara Paretsky.