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Sample of authors
Leonard, Elmore
The American author Elmore John Leonard, Jr. was born in New Orleans, but because his father worked for the automobile industry, the family often moved homes. They lived in Dallas, Oklahoma City and Memphis before finally settling in Detroit in 1934. Leonard graduated from the University of Detroit Jesuit High School in 1943, after which he did his military service in the Navy and was sent to...
Literary figures
Gendarmerichef Laviolette
Gender: Male
Laviolette works as the head of the gendarmerie in Provence at the beginning of the 20th century. When readers meet him for the first time, he is investigating a strange case where people have died after using an aphrodisiac, and in which his 17-year-old son turns out to be involved. Pierre Magnan only wrote one more novel about the head of the gendarmerie, but he did write a whole series about...