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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
Hap Collins
Gender: Male
After, among other things, a spell in prison as a conscientious objector – he abhors violence and racism – the quiet, middle-aged Hap Collins is employed as an investigator by his now-and-then girlfriend Brett Sawyer’s detective agency. He works in a two-man team with Vietnam-veteran Leonard Pine in a whole row of stories by Joe R. Lansdale. They are an odd pair who, despite Collins’ calm manner,...