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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
Elma Craggs
Gender: Female
One of the most original problem-solvers in crime literature is Mrs Elma Craggs. She is a cockney and a widow, and has a strenuous and badly-paid job as a cleaning lady. This gains her admittance to various environments. She won’t tolerate any nonsense, and when crimes are committed, she carries out her own investigations with the help of the timid Mrs Millhone. H.R.F. Keating has written a n...