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Hiaasen, Carl

Carl Hiaasen is an American journalist and author of thrillers. He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and is of Norwegian descent. He was a great nature lover even as a child, and became an investigative journalist in order to look into the exploitation of the Florida wetlands. His father gave him a typewriter when he was six years old; at high school he co-founded the satirical magazine More...

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Nick Carter

Gender: Male

He is actually two persons: he is an elegant master detective who made his entry in the 1880s, but who developed into a hard-skinned secret agent, called Killmaster, in the 1960s. In both instances, he is described as ‘handsome’ in appearance, is physically strong and skilled in close combat with weapons. His adventures are described by writers’ collectives, first Nicholas Carter, then Nick Carte...

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