Sample of authors
Smith, Ernest
Ernest Bramah, born Ernest Brammah Smith, was an English author, numismatist and creator of two of the most original characters in British fiction: the Chinese master storyteller Kai Lung and the blind detective Max Carrados. The stories are still read and appreciated, mostly in the UK. Smith was a recluse who refused to give interviews even though he became something of a celebrity in Britain....
Literary figures
Amelia Butterworth
Gender: Female
Araminta ”Amelia” Butterworth is a middle-aged, pleasantly curious and gregarious maiden assistant to the detective Ebenezer Gryce in a handful of stories by the American author A.K. Green. Miss Butterworth was a precursor and a source of inspiration for other woman spinster sleuths such as Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple.