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Wright, Willard Huntington

Willard Huntington Wright was an American critic and editor. He was born in Virginia, attended Harvard and later studied art in Paris and Munich. He was employed as an art and literature critic at the Los Angeles Times and between 1912 and 1914 he edited Smart Set magazine, popular among the American jet set. He also wrote several seminal works on art, philosophy, literature and culture as well...

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Don Diavolo

Gender: Male

Don Diavolo is a stage magician who always appears with a mask when he is not solving “impossible” crimes in a horror setting. The author, Stuart Towne (pen name for Clayton Rawson), has given little away about this enigmatic, evasive character. Don Diavolo’s New York home has secret rooms, false mirrors and hidden exits, and he is surrounded by a group of eccentric friends and collaborators.

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