Photo: Anders Hammarqvist / Sydsvenskan/IBL / TT (1997)
Sample of authors
McBain, Ed
Ed McBain is the best-known pen name for Evan Hunter, born Salvatore Alberto Lombino, a versatile and prolific American author best known for his detective thrillers. He officially changed his name in 1952 for marketing purposes. McBain was born in Italian Harlem, New York. When he was twelve he move with his parents, Charles and Marie Lombino, to Bronx where he attended elementary school and...
Literary figures
Henry Gamadge
Gender: Male
American antiquarian bookseller, who is also an author, bibliophile and expert on rare books and manuscripts, as well as being a friendly and thoughtful amateur detective. He is tall, but has a hunchback from sitting bent over books, and has a wise wife in Clara. Henry Gamadge solves a number of cases – many of which are concerned with literature or the theatre – in 16 whodunnits by Elizabeth Dal...