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Sample of authors
Kellerman, Jonathan
Jonathan Kellerman is an American author of thrillers. He was born in New York where he attended the Yeshiva of Central Queens (YCQ). He moved with his family to Los Angeles in 1959, where he attended high school and went on to read psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1972. Kellerman paid for his studies by working as an...
Literary figures
Maud Silver
Gender: Female
The former governess has a small pension, so she works part-time as a private detective – with success. She solves cases in a suite of whodunnits by Patricia Wentworth (pseudonym for Doris Amy Dillon Turnbull). Miss Maud Silver is a determined lady with a sharp tongue who can quickly deal with pompous men. She has mouse-brown hair with a bit of grey, smooth skin, neat facial features, is a s...