Sample of authors
Orczy, Emmuska
Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi, or Emmuska, which she preferred to be called, was born in Tarnaörs, Hungary. Her parents were Baron Félix Orczy de Orczi and Countess Emma Wass de Szentegyed et Cege. Both parents were descended from a prominent Austro-Hungarian noble family and related to many others. Félix Orczy was the son of a royal councillor and a well-...
Literary figures
Lorraine Page
Gender: Female
Police officer in Los Angeles who breaks down when a colleague is killed. Lorraine Page starts to drink, is dismissed from the force, her husband leaves her, she loses custody of her daughters and becomes homeless. After having been involved in the hunt for a serial murderer, she does, however, manage to make her way back, stops drinking and becomes a successful private detective. According to...