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Griffiths, Elly
The English author Domenica Maxted – known as a crime writer under the pseudonym Elly Griffiths – was born in London as Domenica de Rosa. Her father is of Italian descent, her mother English. When Domenica was five years old, the family moved to Brighton, and she has lived in or just outside the city virtually all her life. She went to local schools, and in 1981 started to study at King’s Colle...
Literary figures
Drury Lane
Gender: Male
Drury Lane was a famous American Shakespearean actor who became deaf. Having made a fortune as an actor, he lives in a castle on the banks of the Hudson where he solves complex murder mysteries in four novels by Barnaby Ross (alias Ellery Queen). Fortunately, Lane is good at lip-reading.