Sample of authors
McCaffrey, Anne
The American author Anne McCaffrey has gained great international popularity with stories that are a wilful mixture of SF (science fiction) and fantasy. That applies primarily to the books about the planet Pern, situated in another solar system. The stories in these include space ships, advanced technology and journeys between different planets, and the author herself called them SF. But they...
Literary figures
Bella Block
Gender: Female
The cynical and often depressed Bella Block began her carrier at the Hamburg police. She later retires in order to set up as a private detective. Apart from working she enjoys vodka, books and casual sex. Doris Gercke’s novels about Block have won cult status in Germany.