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Sample of authors
Grisham, John
American author, lawyer and former politician born in Jonesboro, Arkansas. His father was a construction worker who travelled around the southern United States with his family in search of work. They settled in Southaven, Mississippi, when John Grisham was four. They were stretched for money and Grisham began to take odd jobs as a teenager. He was encouraged by his mother to enrol at a college,...
Literary figures
Kommissarie Battle
Gender: Male
Strong and stubborn Scot, works for Scotland Yard where his speciality is solving politically sensitive cases. In his private life, he is married and the father of five children. He only believes in pure facts: he can say, for example: ‘We never know as much as we would like to know’ and ‘Don’t reveal any emotions’. He is the main character in four novels by Agatha Christie, and he cooperates with...