Sample of authors
Orczy, Emmuska
Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi, or Emmuska, which she preferred to be called, was born in Tarnaörs, Hungary. Her parents were Baron Félix Orczy de Orczi and Countess Emma Wass de Szentegyed et Cege. Both parents were descended from a prominent Austro-Hungarian noble family and related to many others. Félix Orczy was the son of a royal councillor and a well-...
Literary figures
Nameless
Gender: Male
Nobody, except possibly author Bill Pronzini, knows what the Nameless Detective is actually called – although on one occasion he is referred to as Bill. Little is said about the man himself, but Nameless (as he is called) is a middle-aged, former agent in military intelligence and police officer, who is a partner in a private detective agency. He has an on-and-off romance with Kerry, whom he e...