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Sample of authors
Stout, Rex
The American author Rex Todhunter Stout was born in Noblesville, Indiana, as the sixth of nine children to John and Lucetta Todhunter Stout who were both Quakers. When he was only a few months old, the family moved to Topeka, Kansas. As a child, Stout was good at mathematics and languages and he was later admitted to the University of Kansas at Lawrence, but his family could not afford to pay...
Literary figures
Nick Carter
Gender: Male
He is actually two persons: he is an elegant master detective who made his entry in the 1880s, but who developed into a hard-skinned secret agent, called Killmaster, in the 1960s. In both instances, he is described as ‘handsome’ in appearance, is physically strong and skilled in close combat with weapons. His adventures are described by writers’ collectives, first Nicholas Carter, then Nick Carte...