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Sample of authors
Hammett, Dashiell
American detective writer, born in St. Mary's County in Maryland. He grew up in Baltimore where his family moved when he was seven years old. Dashiell Hammett dropped out of school when thirteen and got on with odd jobs before ending up a private detective at Pinkertons. He worked as a detective primarily in San Francisco and then used his experiences in his novels. During the First World War,...
Literary figures
Jude Nichols
Gender: Female
She is usually just called Jude: she rarely mentions her surname, and she says even less about her background. She is blonde and plump, and has gone through a whole row of lovers. Jude Nichols is also bohemian, noisy, full of vitality and works professionally as a healer using alternative methods in the village of Fethering. Together with her prim neighbour, Carole Seddon, she solves murder...