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Sample of authors
Fowles, John
John Robert Fowles was born in a middle-class family in the Essex town of Leigh-on-Sea. His father, Robert Fowles, dreamt of a career in the legal profession, but when the First World War broke out he was instead forced to take over the family's tobacco business. His mother, Gladys May, was a housewife. Fowles grew up in the security of a terraced housing estate, but later in life he confessed...
Literary figures
Asey Mayo
Gender: Male
Asa ‘Asey’ Mayo is a former seaman and racing driver who has settled in Cape Cod in Massachusetts, where he occupies himself with a bit of everything while he solves crimes in a couple of dozen books by Phoebe Atwood Taylor. He is tall and thin, weather-beaten, humorous and always walks leaning forward. He is single, but spends a lot of time with his gossiping cousin, Jennie, and her husband.