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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
Sam Spade
Gender: Male
Dashiell Hammett only wrote one novel and a few short stories about the American private detective Sam Spade. The Maltese Falcon, however, is a major classic and like some of his short stories it is the precursor of the hardboiled detective story. The cynical, tough and outright rude Spade and his personal habits are so often copied that they have become clichés.