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Sample of authors
Waugh, Hillary
The American mystery novelist Hillary Baldwin Waugh was born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut. He attended Hillhouse High School there before enrolling at Yale University, New Haven, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in music and art in 1942. He also edited the university humour magazine The Yale Record.
After graduating, he trained as a pilot. In 1946, he returned to Connecticut where he...
Literary figures
Herbie (Eberhardt) Kruger
Gender: Male
Born in Germany, as a teenager he was recruited by the Americans and eventually became a spy for Great Britain. He built up a large spy-ring in East Germany, but, when it was exposed, he had to fight to save his colleagues. Now, the clumsily heavily-built Eberhard ‘Herbie’ Kruger is seen as an old relic, but in John Gardner’s novels he shows that he still has a lot to contribute.