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Sample of authors
Deitmer, Sabine
The German author of crime novels Sabine Deitmar was born in Jena, Thüringen, and grew up in Düsseldorf. Deitmer became interested in crime fiction at an early age, and wrote her literature MA thesis on the work of Agatha Christie. After working as a teacher and translator in the UK, southern Germany and Berlin, she moved to the Ruhr district in the 1970s where she became a high school teacher. D...
Literary figures
Stephanie Plum
Gender: Female
A 30-year-old bounty hunter, quick-witted and sexy, with brown curly hair. She works in Trenton, New Jersey, her creator Janet Evanovich tells us. She stumbled into her profession by chance when she was unemployed. She is single – although she co-habits with her hamster Rex – and has two handsome admirers in the police officer and childhood friend Joe Morelli and her professional colleague Car...