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Sample of authors
French, Nicci
Nicci French is the pseudonym of the husband-and-wife team Nicci Gerrard (born 1958) and Sean French (born 1959). They are both journalists and have each published books under their own names. As Nicci French, they are known for their acclaimed psychological thrillers.
Nicci Gerrard was born in Worcestershire. She attended Alice Ottley School, Worcester, and read English literature at Oxford...
Literary figures
Mumtaz Hakim
Gender: Female
Her family come from Bangladesh, but she has grown up in London. She became a widow at a young age when her husband – a brutal petty gangster – was murdered in a gang fight, and since then she has lived alone with her teenage step-daughter Shazia. Even though Mumtaz Hakim is a Muslim, and thus wears a veil, she is employed as an assistant by private detective Lee Arnold. The two together are the p...