Sample of authors
Hodgson, William Hope
William Hope Hodgson was the son of an Anglican priest who grew up in England and Ireland alongside his eleven sisters and brothers. He became a sailor at the age of thirteen and eventually received his mate’s certificate. Life at sea did not suit him, however, and in 1899 he settled in Blackburn where he opened a school of physical culture. Hodgson had to work extra as a reporter and p...
Literary figures
Nameless
Gender: Male
Nobody, except possibly author Bill Pronzini, knows what the Nameless Detective is actually called – although on one occasion he is referred to as Bill. Little is said about the man himself, but Nameless (as he is called) is a middle-aged, former agent in military intelligence and police officer, who is a partner in a private detective agency. He has an on-and-off romance with Kerry, whom he e...