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Sample of authors
Dibdin, Michael
Michael Dibdin was a British crime writer born in Wolverhampton. His father was a teacher. The family moved to Northern Ireland in 1954 where Dibdin went to school until 1965. He graduated with a degree in English from the University of Sussex, Brighton, in 1968. He then attended teachers college at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, graduating in 1969. He worked in various professions...
Literary figures
Paul Chavesse
Gender: Male
Middle-aged professor who, thanks to his academic merits and his comprehensive language skills, becomes involved as an agent for the extremely secret British security service The Bureau. Paul Chavasse has, says author Martin Fallon (pseudonym for Henry Patterson), an everyday appearance with black hair and high cheekbones. He is a gentleman – and a bit shy with women.