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Sample of authors
Klönne, Gisa
The German author Gisa Klönne was born in Stuttgart and grew up in Darmstadt. She wanted to become an author from an early age. She read languages, political science and film studies at the universities of Darmsstadt, Guildford (the UK) and Cologne, graduating with a Master of Arts degree. She became the editor of the feminist women’s magazine Emma in 1993 and wrote for numerous other magazines an...
Literary figures
Tom Ripley
Gender: Male
He is charming, handsome and cultivated as well as being a ruthless serial killer and psychopath totally lacking in empathy, the main character in five classic thrillers by Patricia Highsmith. Thomas ‘Tom’ Ripley became an orphan when he was five years old, and was brought up by a callous female relative. He later marries the wealthy Héloïse Plisson, but nevertheless has successfully continued his...