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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
Earl Jazine
Gender: Male
He is young, enthusiastic, self-assured – and a computer genius. Earl Jazine works for the CIB (the police Computer Investigation Bureau) in New York, the members of which are usually called ‘computer cops’. He spends most of his time at work, often together with his boss Carl Crader. His private life is rarely mentioned, but his creator Edward D. Hoch reveals that Earl has a weakness for beaut...