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Sample of authors
May, Peter
Writer of crime novels and TV manuscripts who has received many prizes. He was born in Glasgow in Scotland, but has lived in France since 2001 and became a French citizen in 2016. Peter May started his schooling in 1956 at Carolside Primary School in Glasgow, and decided already then to become a writer. The idea was not encouraged by his teachers, and he was later thrown out of a school after a...
Literary figures
Abigail Bukula
Gender: Female
She was only 15 years old when her parents were murdered by apartheid supporters in South Africa. She, herself, was saved by a white soldier who later raped her. Now, Abigail Bukula is almost 40 years old, a successful lawyer in the Ministry of Law and married to newspaper owner Robert Momkapi, whom she however divorces. She is described by author Wessel Ebersohn as coloured, beautiful, smart...