Sample of authors
Adams, Herbert
British author that would have been largely forgotten had it not been for his being the first and most prolific author of golfing mysteries.
Herbert Adams was born in London and grew up in Islington and Kensington. He attended City School of London after which he studied to become a chartered surveyor. He worked in various professions until became an estate agent. He married Jessie Louise...
Literary figures
Victor Legris
Gender: Male
In the late 19th century, he runs a bookshop, Librairie Elzévir, in Paris together with his Japanese adoptive father Kenji Mori. In his free time, Victor Legris is an enthusiastic amateur detective and photographer. He is something of a clothes snob, is athletically built and has an appearance that interests women. Claude Izner (pseudonym for Liliane Korb and Laurence Lefèvre) has written a s...