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Sample of authors
Rimington, Stella
Dame Stella Rimington is a British author of spy novels. She is a former intelligence officer, she was the first female Director General of the British intelligence service MI5 and also the first director general who made her name publicly known. Stella Rimington was born Stella Whitehouse in South London. She moved with her family to Essex in 1939 to get away from the danger of living in...
Literary figures
Lee Ofsted
Gender: Female
Her parents only had a low income, and Lee Ofsted joined the army at an early age. She subsequently became a golf professional, with varied success. When a murder takes place during a golf tournament, she acts the amateur detective helping police officer Graham Sheldon – who later leaves the police force and becomes her lover. She has continued to solve murders in golf settings in books by Aaron a...