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Sample of authors
Deitmer, Sabine
The German author of crime novels Sabine Deitmar was born in Jena, Thüringen, and grew up in Düsseldorf. Deitmer became interested in crime fiction at an early age, and wrote her literature MA thesis on the work of Agatha Christie. After working as a teacher and translator in the UK, southern Germany and Berlin, she moved to the Ruhr district in the 1970s where she became a high school teacher. D...
Literary figures
Dora Myrl
Gender: Female
One of the first female private detectives in English crime fiction, a delicate, jolly young lady who looks like a schoolgirl. She tries everything new: already in 1900 she is a seasoned cyclist. Dora Myrl is also such a clever detective that the famous Paul Beck marries her in 1909, and two years later their creator M. McDonnell Bodkin lets the couple’s adult (!) son solve his first case.