Sample of authors
Stribling, T.S.
The American author T.S. (Thomas Sigismund) Stribling was born in the little town of Clifton in Tennessee. His father had been a military man, his mother came from Alabama where her family owned a property – during his childhood, Stribling often spent his summers there. He was educated at Huntingdon Southern Normal University in Huntingdon, Tennessee, graduating in 1899. He wanted, however, to w...
Literary figures
Steve Carella
Gender: Male
A central figure in Ed McBain’s (pseudonym for Evan Hunter) books about the 87th police district in Isola is Stephen ‘Steve’ Carella. He is of Italian extraction, and in one of the early books he marries the beautiful and deaf-mute Theodora ‘Teddy’ Franklin, with whom he has twin sons. Detective Carella is tall, dark and muscular without being athletic; he gives an impression of strength and energ...