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Sample of authors
Hoch, Edward D.
The American crime writer Edward D. (Dentinger) Hoch was unique in the sense that he appears to be the only American crime writer who has managed to make a living for decades from his short stories alone. Although he mainly wrote whodunits with elements of the occult, his whole body of work can be divided into a number of different genres.
Ed Hoch was born in Rochester, New York, where he...
Literary figures
George Challenger
Gender: Male
Professor Challenger is an impressive figure – in several ways. He is a research scientist in various subjects, has a large body and an enormous head, a black full beard and a dominating personality. He is also conceited and has a bad temper, as well as being the main character if three novels with a specific fantasy element by Arthur Conan Doyle, who based him on a teacher he had himself been t...