Sample of authors
Forbes, Colin
Colin Forbes is the pseudonym of the British author Raymond Harold Sawkins who was born in Hampstead, London. His first published novel, Snow on High Ground (1966), was followed by a string of novels of which some, like his first book, were published under his own name and others under the pseudonyms Richard Raine or Jay Bernard. He later denounced his early work and claims Tramp in Armour...
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...