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Sample of authors
Hall, Tarquin
British author and journalist born in London. He had a varied education, attended a number of different educational institutions and took several degrees in various subjects. When he was eighteen, Tarquin Hall decided he wanted to become a journalist, and since his mother was American, he went to the United States where he worked in a hotel and at a ranch while he tried to pitch his articles to...
Literary figures
Doug Selby
Gender: Male
Although a capable lawyer, Lam is unpopular with both the police and his colleagues. There is no evidence or witness statements that he cannot distort in one way or another. He is employed by the tough private detective Bertha Cool. They make up a formidable pair in a series of light-hearted mystery novels by A. A. Fair (pen name for Erle Stanley Gardner).