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Sample of authors
Vidal, Gore
The American novelist and essayist Gore Vidal was born at West Point, New York. He was originally christened Eugene Vidal, but in his teens he changed his first name to his maternal grandfather’s surname. Gore Vidal was the only child of the pilot Eugene Luther Vidal and his wife, Nina S. Gore, an actress. He was not close to either. His parents were divorced when Vidal was ten, and although he m...
Literary figures
Frieda Klein
Gender: Female
She is a psychotherapist and curious, which is why she can’t refrain form delving deep into the problems of her patients – as well as her own problems. Freida Klein is in her twenties and lives in London. She suffers from insomnia and explores the darker sides of the city at night. In several books by Nicci French (pseudonym for Nicci Gerrard and Sean French) she cooperates with police detective M...