Sample of authors
Harrison, Harry
The Irish-American author and illustrator Harry (Henry Maxwell) Harrison wrote virtually only science fiction and fantasy. That doesn’t prevent his writing from having a remarkable scope: his books comprise everything from serious and shocking dystopias such as the classic Make Room! Make Room! (1966), to satirical, partly farcical novels like Bill, the Galactic Hero (1965) and the suite about ‘...
Literary figures
Amelia Butterworth
Gender: Female
Araminta ”Amelia” Butterworth is a middle-aged, pleasantly curious and gregarious maiden assistant to the detective Ebenezer Gryce in a handful of stories by the American author A.K. Green. Miss Butterworth was a precursor and a source of inspiration for other woman spinster sleuths such as Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple.