Sample of authors
Vidocq, Eugène François
Few people have had a life and a professional career to match that of the criminal, police officer, criminologist and master-of-disguise Eugène François Vidocq. And one can well ask whether anybody has written an autobiography with such great literary influence. He also features under his own name as well as rather obvious aliases in a number of books, and has been the subject of a lot of films, T...
Literary figures
Anna Pigeon
Gender: Female
Anna Pigeon is a US national park ranger, which is also the profession of her creator, the author Nevada Barr. Pigeon has a complex background that includes periods of substance abuse, and she has a complicated love life. She used to live in New York, but because of her profession she moves around a great deal. She loves animals and she is an active environmentalist.