Photo: ANL/REX / TT (1956)
Sample of authors
Canning, Victor
Victor Canning was a British author of humorous adventure stories and thrillers. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. At the outbreak of the First World War, while his father was doing his military service, he went with his mother and siblings to live with his uncle in Calstock, a few miles north of Plymouth. This was where Canning fell in love with the English countryside, which features prominently...
Literary figures
Earl Jazine
Gender: Male
He is young, enthusiastic, self-assured – and a computer genius. Earl Jazine works for the CIB (the police Computer Investigation Bureau) in New York, the members of which are usually called ‘computer cops’. He spends most of his time at work, often together with his boss Carl Crader. His private life is rarely mentioned, but his creator Edward D. Hoch reveals that Earl has a weakness for beaut...