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Portrait of Steven Saylor Photo: Ben Smith / Rex / TT (2003)

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Saylor, Steven

The American author Steven Saylor has pursued two separate literary careers. In the 1980s and early ‘90s he was one of the most popular American authors of homosexual erotic stories, using the pen name Aaron Travis. More recently, he has won international fame for his historical mystery stories set in ancient Rome.
Steven Saylor was born in Port Lavaca, Texas, and grew up in Goldthwaite. His p...

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Simon (Si) Serrailler

Gender: Male

He is a police detective, later a chief inspector, in the fictive little cathedral town of Lafferton in southern England, where he also grew up. Simon Serrailler – Si to his family – has two twin sisters and a severely handicapped little sister. He is described by author Susan Hill as just over 35 years of age, blond and handsome, and although he is attractive to women he is single. In his free ti...

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