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Sample of authors
Blackwood, Algernon
British writer Algernon Blackwood was born in the South East London district of Shooter’s Hill. In 1871 his family relocated to nearby Crayford. Both parents were stout Calvinists. In his teens, Blackwood broke away from their faith and embraced Buddhist teachings, thus forming a life-long penchant for oriental mysticism, occultism and theosophy. He studied at Wellington College in Berkshire a...
Literary figures
Daniel Calder
Gender: Male
Like his colleague, Samuel Behrens, he is a friendly, elderly gentleman – and one of the most cold-blooded and skilful executioners working for the British counter intelligence service. The two are the main characters in a number of commended short stories – but no novels – by Michael Gilbert. They live in the same village in the county of Kent, and are bachelors, but Calder (who is an expert on w...