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Sample of authors
Pizzolatto, Nic
The American author Nicholas Austin "Nic" Pizzolatto is the author of the bestselling novel Galveston (2010) and the television drama True Detective screenplay. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the son of a lawyer and a schoolteacher of Italian descent, both poor, deeply religious Catholics. When Nic was five years old, they moved with their four children to Lake Charles, Louisiana....
Literary figures
Max Carrados
Gender: Male
He was born as Max Wynn, and become blind after an accident. A relative let him inherit a fortune on condition that he adopted the surname Carrados. He is tall and handsome, but unmarried, and he solves criminal cases as a hobby. Max Wynn Carrados’ other senses are extremely acute; he can, for example, read the paper with his finger tops, author Ernest Bramah (an alias for Ernest Smith) claims.