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Sample of authors
Bauer, Belinda
As a child, the British author Belinda Bauer spent ten years in South Africa during apartheid. Her father was a dentist there and Belinda dreamed of becoming a jockey. When she and her mother returned to Britain they left their comfortable lifestyle and started new, less prosperous, life in the West Country. Bauer went to the University of Cardiff and remained in Wales after graduation, working...
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...