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Sample of authors
Grisham, John
American author, lawyer and former politician born in Jonesboro, Arkansas. His father was a construction worker who travelled around the southern United States with his family in search of work. They settled in Southaven, Mississippi, when John Grisham was four. They were stretched for money and Grisham began to take odd jobs as a teenager. He was encouraged by his mother to enrol at a college,...
Literary figures
Joe Sixsmith
Gender: Male
A private detective, living and working in Luton – which is considered a small town in Britain – where he not only gets the weirdest clients but also often finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Joe Sixsmith is a former lathe operator with roots in the West Indies and who has made a new start. The unassuming and friendly problem-solver is the main character in a suite of humorous det...