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Le Queux, William
One of the most remarkable, and most productive, British authors in the early 20th century was William Le Queux who wrote in several genres and mixed facts with fantasy in an effective, sometimes unique, manner. His books were adapted to their time as regards, for example, the political situation in Europe and contemporary British social norms; but above all, he had an intuitive feeling for what...
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Sample of authors
Paretsky, Sara
The American author Sara Paretsky was a leading proponent – alongside Marcia Muller, Sue Grafton and others – during a period in the 1980s and ‘90s when crime fiction by and about women came to the fore in the United States. She was born in Ames, Iowa, but moved with her family to Kansas in 1951 where they were harassed by the authorities on account of being Jewish. Her scientist father was a stri...
