Sample of authors
Gaboriau, Émile
While Edgar Allan Poe, the American author of short stories, is generally considered to be the father of modern crime fiction, Émile Gaboriau has been cited as the father of the crime novel. He was the first to use at least four defining elements of the genre: 1) He wrote briefly and succinctly compared to his contemporaries and his novels are driven by the crime plot. 2) His protagonists are ...
Literary figures
Nick Stefanos
Gender: Male
Nicholas J. ‘Nick’ Stefanos is a Greek-American private detective in Washington in a trilogy of detective stories by George P. Pelecanos. He is heavily built and often does unpaid work to help relatives and friends who have run into problems. This means that he doesn’t earn much money, and to make ends meet he also works in a bar. He rarely says no to a bit of liquor, some sex or a fight.