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Sample of authors
Harris, Thomas
American author who has become known for his thrillers with their atmosphere of horror about the doctor, psychopath and cannibal Hannibal Lector; all of them were bestsellers and have been turned into films. Thomas Harris was born in Jackson, Tennessee, but already when he was a child the family moved to his father’s home district in Rich, Mississippi. His father worked on a farm and the son had m...
Literary figures
Asey Mayo
Gender: Male
Asa ‘Asey’ Mayo is a former seaman and racing driver who has settled in Cape Cod in Massachusetts, where he occupies himself with a bit of everything while he solves crimes in a couple of dozen books by Phoebe Atwood Taylor. He is tall and thin, weather-beaten, humorous and always walks leaning forward. He is single, but spends a lot of time with his gossiping cousin, Jennie, and her husband.