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Sample of authors
Winslow, Don
Don Winslow is an American novelist and former private investigator. He was born in New York. His father was a US Navy officer and his mother was a librarian. Their children were brought up in a family of story-tellers and were encouraged to read, and as a young boy Winslow was involved in amateur dramatics. His sister, Kristine Rolofson is a prolific author of romantic fiction.
Winslow was...
Literary figures
Jackson Lamb
Gender: Male
Misanthropic boss of Slough House, a department for discharged spies and agents in the British MI5. Jackson Lamb, a central figure in a suite of novels by Mick Herron, is a former spy who has gone to seed. He is tall, has an ‘offensive’ face, is cynical and sarcastic, a chain smoker and is careless about his personal hygiene. This doesn’t prevent him and his department from managing to solve sever...