Photo: Philip Dunn/REX / TT (1995)
Sample of authors
Peters, Ellis
Because readers know the British author Edith Mary Pargeter both by her own and her pen name Ellis Peters, some of her novels have been published with both names, equal in size, on the cover. This has caused some confusion in library catalogues and bibliographies.
Edith Pargeter was born in the village of Horsehay, Shropshire, near the England/Wales border, and she lived there practically all...
Literary figures
Mr. Moto
Gender: Male
He introduces himself as I.A. Moto, but that is certainly not his name: he is a secret agent of the Japanese emperor, and is called only Mr. Moto. He is a highly educated, aristocratic judo master, is small and with a "typically Japanese" appearance. He rarely investigates cases, but helps others (mainly Americans) solve them, according to American author John P. Marquand.