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Hodgson, William Hope

William Hope Hodgson was the son of an Anglican priest who grew up in England and Ireland alongside his eleven sisters and brothers. He became a sailor at the age of thirteen and eventually received his mate’s certificate. Life at sea did not suit him, however, and in 1899 he settled in Blackburn where he opened a school of physical culture. Hodgson had to work extra as a reporter and p...

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Lew Fonesca

Gender: Male

Middle-aged, thin and bald gentleman who worked in a lawyer’s office in Chicago until his wife was killed by a motorist who absconded from the scene. Lew Fonesca took his car and drove until it gave up. Now he works as a freelance legal assistant and process server in Sarasota, Florida. He also a sad and unwilling detective when somebody asks for help, says author Stuart M. Kaminsky.

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