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Sample of authors
Westlake, Donald E.
Donald Edwin Westlake was an American author of Irish descent born in Brooklyn, New York. As a small boy, he moved with his family to Yonkers and later to Albany, New York, where he grew up. He enrolled at the State University of New York, Pittsburgh, in 1949, but dropped out the following year. He attempted to study at two more universities, but only for short periods.
Westlake had a couple of...
Literary figures
Joe Sixsmith
Gender: Male
A private detective, living and working in Luton – which is considered a small town in Britain – where he not only gets the weirdest clients but also often finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Joe Sixsmith is a former lathe operator with roots in the West Indies and who has made a new start. The unassuming and friendly problem-solver is the main character in a suite of humorous det...