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Sample of authors
Forsyth, Frederick
Frederick Forsyth is a major author of political thrillers. He was born in Ashford, Kent, England, as the only child in a family of furriers. He became interested in books as a young child and attended Tonbridge School, a public school where he showed a great gift for languages, and he dreamed of becoming a journalist, preferably foreign correspondent. Aviation was another major interest, and...
Literary figures
David Ash
Gender: Male
An ‘occult’ detective in Great Britain who solves cases with supernatural elements. David Ash, who is the main character in three novels by horror-fiction writer James Herbert, is middle-aged, has thick, untidy hair – partly grey – and blue eyes. He is critical of his superiors, cynical, but despite his successes also insecure, which means that he drinks too much and has problems getting close to...