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Sample of authors
Manchette, Jean-Patrick
Jean-Patrick Manchette was a French author credited for having revolutionised noir fiction in France. He was born in Marseille. In 1945, the family moved to Malakoff in the Paris area. In 1960, after finishing his upper-secondary education, he moved to Paris where he spent most of his life and where he read English at the Sorbonne.
Manchette joined the militant left during the Algerian War of...
Literary figures
Goldy Bear Schulz
Gender: Female
She is 30-something years old and divorced; her ex-husband is usually referred to as ‘The Jerk’. Gertrude ‘Goldy’ Bear is blond, short in stature and a bit plump. To support herself and her 11-year-old son, she starts a catering firm in Colorado, but time after time is disturbed by murders, says Diane Mott Davidson. Luckily, Goldy is assisted by police officer Tom Schulz, whom she eventually marri...