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Portrait image of Thomas Keneally Photo: Camera Press / James Veysey / TT (2007)

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Keneally, Thomas

The novelist and non-fiction writer Thomas ‘Tom’ Keneally descends from a family of Irish prisoners that were deported to Australia in the 19th century. He is one of Australia’s best-known literary figures, and has written a large number of novels and non-fiction works. He gained international fame with his dramatized biography of Oskar Schindler, the Nazi who was friendly to Jews, Schindler’s Ark...

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Don Diavolo

Gender: Male

Don Diavolo is a stage magician who always appears with a mask when he is not solving “impossible” crimes in a horror setting. The author, Stuart Towne (pen name for Clayton Rawson), has given little away about this enigmatic, evasive character. Don Diavolo’s New York home has secret rooms, false mirrors and hidden exits, and he is surrounded by a group of eccentric friends and collaborators.

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