Photo: The Granger Collection / TT (c. 1950)
Sample of authors
Derleth, August
American author, poet, editor and publisher, who wrote his first published novel Bat’s Belfry when he was 15 years old. When he died, he had written more than 150 books in a row of literary genres, and he left behind him a large number of unpublished manuscripts. His publisher’s, Arkham House, are rather legendary when it comes to primarily fantasy and horror literature, and he was a respected lec...
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,...