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Sample of authors
Archer, Jeffrey
Jeffrey Howard Archer was a British author, politician and peer of the realm surrounded by scandal. His thrillers and short stories are hugely popular, despite the fact that he never found favour with the critics, his involvement in insider trading and being sentenced for perjury. None of this stopped him from being knighted in 1992, adding Baron Archer of Weston-Super-Mare to his name in...
Literary figures
Stan (Standish) Rice
Gender: Male
According to author Baynard Kendrick, Miles Standish ‘Stan’ Rice usually introduces himself as ‘Stan Rice – the hungry’. And he certainly can eat, lots, but nevertheless the 190cm-tall sheriff is as thin ‘as a skeleton’. He also has yellowy blonde hair, blue eyes and wears ill-fitting, wrinkled clothes. He is active in Florida, where he solves cases which often include what seem to be supernatural...