Sample of authors
Stribling, T.S.
The American author T.S. (Thomas Sigismund) Stribling was born in the little town of Clifton in Tennessee. His father had been a military man, his mother came from Alabama where her family owned a property – during his childhood, Stribling often spent his summers there. He was educated at Huntingdon Southern Normal University in Huntingdon, Tennessee, graduating in 1899. He wanted, however, to w...
Literary figures
Aurelio Zen
Gender: Male
Detective Inspector Zen is a loner based in Rome, but he solves crime all over Italy. He may seem clumsy, but his determination and laissez-faire attitude to police protocol means that he is both successful and unpopular with his superiors. Aurelio Zen featured in one book by the British author Michael Dibdin, but he became so popular that Dibdin wrote another ten about him.