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Sample of authors
Goodwin, Jason
Jason Goodwin is a British author and journalist. His mother, the bohemian author Jocasta Innes, and his father, the author and estate agent John Michell, were briefly involved in a relationship that broke up before their son was born. Jason was adopted by his mother’s husband, the film producer Richard B. Goodwin, but when Jason was three years old, his mother left her husband for a younger m...
Literary figures
Rex Carver
Gender: Male
He isn’t considered to be good enough for the secret service, but when he opened his own detective agency they engaged him anyway – for a fee. He took on the job: Rex Carver adores money just as much as he does women. He has an office in London, where his secretary Hilda Wilkins sits, but he himself is often out and about. With him, Victor Canning created an original hybrid of a secret agent and h...