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Sample of authors
Fleming, Ian
Ian Lancaster Fleming was an English author and journalist born in London. He created James Bond, code name 007 – one of the most famous fictional spies of the 20th century known from a great number of books, films, radio plays etc., only a small number of which were in fact written by Fleming. Some were a great deal better, but none has had the same impact.
Fleming came from a wealthy and p...
Literary figures
Wick (Wickham) Gore
Gender: Male
The British officer and big-game hunter Wickham Gore comes home after two years in Africa and finds himself involved in a suspected murder – which he solves so elegantly that he subsequently starts up his own detective agency. He is 40+, has a youthful, slim figure, slightly greying hair, a moustache and sparkling eyes. And he is the problem-solver in seven whodunnits by Lynn Brock (pseudonym f...