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Sample of authors
Fforde, Jasper
Jasper Fforde is a British author. He grew up in London and Wales. His father was an economist who was Chief Cashier of the Bank of England in 1966–70. His mother, who was involved in different charities, passed on her great love of books to her children. Jasper Fforde was enrolled at the progressive boarding school Dartington Hall School in Totnes, Devon, at the age of twelve. Even though he d...
Literary figures
Claude Warrington-Reeve
Gender: Male
An eminent defence lawyer in London, who is expert at getting wrongly suspected defendants freed in sensational cases. Claude Warrington-Reeve is middle-aged, energetic and strict, and a clever detective when it comes to finding clues which the police have missed. He does, however, get on well with Chief Inspector Steven Mitchell from Scotland Yard, and together they solve cases in three of...