Sample of authors
Harrison, Harry
The Irish-American author and illustrator Harry (Henry Maxwell) Harrison wrote virtually only science fiction and fantasy. That doesn’t prevent his writing from having a remarkable scope: his books comprise everything from serious and shocking dystopias such as the classic Make Room! Make Room! (1966), to satirical, partly farcical novels like Bill, the Galactic Hero (1965) and the suite about ‘...
Literary figures
Tony Mendez
Gender: Male
Newly graduated from an FBI school, the young Tony Mendez is employed as sheriff in the little town of Oak Knoll in California. He has a number of murder cases to solve, and he makes enthusiastic use of the modern investigative methods he has learnt. The job is harder than Tony Mendez thought, but luckily he is given some help by a former teacher, Vince Leone, and Vince’s wife, lawyer Anne, in t...