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Sample of authors
Macdonald, Ross
Ross Macdonald is a pseudonym for the American-Canadian crime writer Kenneth Millar. He was born in Los Gatos, California, but he grew up in his parents’ native Canada. His parents divorced shortly after the family moved there, and during childhood Macdonald constantly changed homes, living with his mother who was in poor health. He later wrote that he had figured out that he, up until the age o...
Literary figures
Hamilton Cleek
Gender: Male
Since his childhood, he has been a thief, feared for his skill and his ability to disguise himself as quick as a flash so that he is totally unrecognisable. After he is 30, however, he adopts a new role and becomes a master detective, often engaged by Scotland Yard, author Thomas W. Hanshew tells us. Hamilton Cleek is tall, always elegantly dressed, has a narrow nose, looks aristocratic and...