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Sample of authors
Roberts, Nora
The American author Nora Roberts was born as Eleanor Marie Robertson in Silver Spring, Maryland. She grew up as the only daughter, the youngest of five siblings, in a family of Irish descent. She married Ronald Aufdem-Brinke in 1968 when she was only 18 years old and straight after graduating from Montgomery Blair High School. For a while she worked as a secretary in a lawyers’ firm, but after t...
Literary figures
Philip Trent
Gender: Male
Despite E.C. Bentley only having written three books about the young English artist, Philip Trent is an important name in crime fiction. He became the model for many amateur detectives in whodunits during the first half of the 20th century. Trent is tall, a bit lanky, has a moustache, is from a good family and is well brought-up. He investigates his cases with great enthusiasm, but doesn’t a...