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Sample of authors
Penny, Louise
The Canadian author, Louise Penny, grew up in Toronto. She studied Journalism and worked as a TV and radio producer. She devoted herself to tough journalism and hard news, and said herself that she became "cynical, sarcastic, self-satisfied and supercilious". And an alcholic too. When she left journalism, there was above all one thing she took with her: the art of listening. "A good interviewer...
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...