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Craig Russell is a British author of crime fiction and thriller novels. He writes the Jan Fabel series as well as the Lennox series. As his Jan Fabel series is set in Hamburg, Germany, Russell is fluent in Germany and possesses an acute interest in post-war German history. His novels often include historical or mythological […]

Deirdre Quinn Nightingale is the protagonist in a series of cozy mystery novels by American author Lydia Adamson. Dr. Nightingale is a veterinarian from the state of New York, but while dealing with animals, she must also deal with murder.

Alice Nestleton is the protagonist in a series of cozy mystery novels by American author Lydia Adamson. The series follows Alice Nestleton, actress/cat lady/amateur sleuth. She is especially fond of her Maine Coon, Bushy and her alleycat Pancho. Perhaps her feline friends will use their cat instincts to help her solve some mysteries…

E.L. Doctorow (1931-2015) was an American author, best known for the novel Ragtime. After growing up in New York, Doctorow attended Kenyon College in Ohio where he majored in philosophy and took part in theatre. He graduated with honours and then went to Columbia University where he finished a year of graduate work in English […]

Lydia Adamson is the pen name of Franklin B. King, who writes cozy mystery novels. Adamson is the author of the Alice Nestleton, Deirdre Quinn Nightingale and Lucy Wayles series. Aside from being a novelist, King is also a freelance writer and copywriter. He lives in New York City, New York.

The Rutshire Chronicles is a series of romance novels by British author Jilly Cooper. The series is about the British upper class, including the crowds involved with show-jumping and polo. As it is romance, the situations do get steamy as well as scandalous. One of the central characters is Rupert Campbell-Black, who ties many of […]

Jilly Cooper is an English author of romance novels and non-fiction books. Many of her novels are part of the Rutshire Chronicles series. Jilly began working as a journalist in 1957, which she largely based on her own personal experiences – about marriage, sex and housework. She would later start writing fiction based on the […]

To say Andy Weir came out of nowhere would be an understatement. We seem to be living in a generation of authors taking the world by storm with their first novels(Gillian Flynn, Paula Hawkins) and Andy Weir continues that with The Martian. Andy Weir is an American from California. He grew up as a big […]

Casca: The Eternal Mercenary is a series of military adventure novels created by American novelist Barry Sadler. The titular character, Casca Rufio Longinus, is the Roman soldier who drove a spear into Jesus Christ. Because of this, he has been forced to roam the Earth as a mercenary until the Second Coming. Throughout the series, […]

Barry Sadler (1940-1989) was an American author of military fiction novels. He created the Casca series, which would later be revived by other authors. Prior to becoming a novelist, Sadler served in the U.S. Army as a Green Beret medic and Staff Sergeant during the Vietnam War. He is well known for his album Ballads […]