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Sample of authors
Fox, Candice
Australian crime-fiction writer and teacher, born and raised in Bankstown, which is close to Sydney where she now lives. She herself says that she had a happy childhood and youth, albeit in a somewhat odd family: her father worked as a prison guard, while his wife took care of children from families with social problems. So Candice Fox grew up with a row of different adoptive and foster siblings...
Literary figures
Maud Silver
Gender: Female
The former governess has a small pension, so she works part-time as a private detective – with success. She solves cases in a suite of whodunnits by Patricia Wentworth (pseudonym for Doris Amy Dillon Turnbull). Miss Maud Silver is a determined lady with a sharp tongue who can quickly deal with pompous men. She has mouse-brown hair with a bit of grey, smooth skin, neat facial features, is a s...