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Sample of authors
Lansdale, Joe R.
American author, combat athlete and self-defence expert, born and raised in Gladewater, Texas. The incredibly productive Joe R. (Richard) Lansdale has written novels and short stories in many different genres: westerns, horror, science fiction, children’s books, erotica, fantasy, crime, thrillers etc. He has also written screenplays for TV and texts for several graphic series. He is, however, p...
Literary figures
Karen Pirie
Gender: Female
She is an overweight workaholic, but also exceptionally skilful when it comes to investigating old, unsolved cases in police novels by Val McDermid. Karen Pirie is the head of the Historic Cases Unit with its head office in Fife in Scotland. Her private life is minimal – but includes a sweetheart, her colleague Phil Parhatka, and she mourns deeply when he is killed on duty. But she soon throws h...