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Sample of authors
Woods, Stuart
Stuart Woods was an American author of crime fiction and former racing sailor whose first novel is now considered a crime classic. He produced up to five books a year, many of them bestsellers such as the Stone Barrington books.
Before he became a full-time author, Woods was a renowned racing sailor who took part in many ocean races, often with his own craft. A restless, impatient man, he lived...
Literary figures
Dudley Smith
Gender: Male
Police officer in Los Angeles in four of James Ellroy’s novels. Dudley Smith was born in Ireland, he is tall and broad shouldered, and goes all in brown, one could say: he has brown hair cut very short, brown eyes and he usually wears a shabby, brown suit. Few police officers in crime fiction have been described as so unsympathetic: he is an egoistic and violent bully and, it turns out, a m...