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Sample of authors
King, Stephen
Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine. His father, Donald Pollock, a vacuum cleaner salesman, sailor and philanderer (King has a half-sister in Brazil), went through a number of aliases before he changed his surname to King. When Stephen was two years old, his father went out to buy cigarettes and never came back. Stephen grew up in poor circumstances with his mother Ruth and his...
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...