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Sample of authors
Westlake, Donald E.
Donald Edwin Westlake was an American author of Irish descent born in Brooklyn, New York. As a small boy, he moved with his family to Yonkers and later to Albany, New York, where he grew up. He enrolled at the State University of New York, Pittsburgh, in 1949, but dropped out the following year. He attempted to study at two more universities, but only for short periods.
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Literary figures
Annie Laurance (Darling)
Gender: Female
When she is suspected of murder, Annie Laurance – who runs a mystery book store in a fictional town in South Carolina – needs to prove her innocence. She continues to solve crime in a string of cosy whodunits by Carolyn Hart. She is assisted by her boyfriend, the private detective Max Darling, whom she marries in the fourth book and changes her surname to Darling.