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Sample of authors
Fyfield, Frances
Frances Fyfield is the pseudonym of the British crime-writer Frances Hegarty who grew up in Derbyshire, England. Her father was a physician, and despite his alcohol problems she claims she had a safe and happy upbringing. Her parents often encouraged their children to read, which the young Frances took to heart. She was educated at convent schools and graduated from Helena Grammar School in...
Literary figures
Pharoah Love
Gender: Male
He must be one of the most unlikely police officers in crime literature: an Afro-American and openly homosexual hipster in New York who drives a Jaguar, uses a trendy slang and has a preference for young, sexy, white men. George Baxt wrote five novels about Pharoah (spelt like that!) Love, who is a handsome, ready-witted and jazz-loving ‘cool cat’ of early middle-age and who became a favourite wit...