Sample of authors
Turow, Scott
Scott Frederick Turow is an American author born in Chicago, Illinois, where his father was working as a physicist. Both parents were descended from Russian Jews. Turow graduated from Trier High School, Winnetka, Illinois, in 1966 and went on to study at Amherst College, Massachusetts, graduating with a BA in 1970. He won a grant to read creative writing at Stanford University, California, and...
Literary figures
Logan McRae
Gender: Male
Author Stuart MacBride paints a picture of a dark and gloomy Aberdeen, where police detective Logan McRae investigates cases which include a lot of violence – sometimes against children. He, himself, has a background which is not entirely without blemishes, and sometimes he is wounded on duty or is transferred after breaking various rules. He is tired, often unshaven and a bit shabby-looking, b...