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Sample of authors
Harvey, John
The British author, editor and teacher John Barton Harvey grew up in London where he attended St. Aloysius College. He graduated from teacher’s college at the University of London in 1963 and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree at Hatfield Polytechnic (now the University of Hertfordshire) in 1964. He then taught in Heanor, Andover and Stevenage while continuing his studies for a Master of Arts d...
Literary figures
Archie (Archibald) Cribb
Gender: Male
Usually he is just called Sergeant Cribb, and has several given names: he has been called Richard as well as Daniel, but according to author Peter Lovesey his real name is Archibald and he is called ‘Archie’. He is middle-aged and stubborn, and works for Scotland Yard in London in the days of Queen Victoria. By his side he has his patient ‘Watson’, detective constable Edward Thackeray.