Photo: Roger Tillberg / TT (1983)
Sample of authors
Lewis, Mary
Writing as Christianna Brand, Mary Lewis, born Mary Christianna Milne, was one of Britain’s foremost crime writers and children’s books authors of the second half of the 20th century, but she had a reputation for unpredictability. In the 1950s, for example, she suddenly took a ten-year break from writing crime novels in order to focus on short stories and children’s books.
Mary Milne was born in...
Literary figures
Fergus O’Breen
Gender: Male
Wild, red-haired Irishman who calls himself ‘The O’Breen’ and is a private detective in Los Angeles. He has no memory of his mother, his father is an alcoholic, but their son does OK in life, we are assured by his creator Anthony Boucher (pseudonym for William Anthony Parker ‘Tony’ White). Fergus O’Breen has a strong-willed sister, is well-read and is allergic to cats, as well as having good conta...