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Lewis Carroll is the pen name of English novelist Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898). He is best known for his novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking Glass. Carroll was also a mathematician, logician, photographer and an Anglican deacon. Much of Carroll’s life still remains a mystery, with several years unaccounted for.

Tess Monaghan is a fictional character created by American author Laura Lippman. She is the protagonist in a series of detective fiction novels set in Baltimore, Maryland. Tess started out working as a reporter, but has switched fields in favour of becoming a private investigator.

Laura Lippman is an American novelist of detective fiction. The daughter of a writer for the Baltimore Sun, she started out as a reporter, which became the inspiration for her Tess Monaghan series – a reporter turned private investigator. She is married to David Simon, creator of The Wire, who she met while working at […]

Charley Sloan is a lawyer based in Michigan and is featured in a series of legal thrillers by American author William J. Coughlin.

William J. Coughlin (1929-1992) was an American novelist of legal thrillers. In addition to being an author, Coughlin was a U.S. administrative judge based out of Detroit. His series character is Charley Sloan.

Jack Swyteck is a fictional character featured in a series of legal thriller novels by James Grippando. Jack is a Miami criminal defense attorney. Although Jack’s mother is Cuban, Jack was raised in an Anglo household. He was born on the 25th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor bombing.

James Grippando is an American novelist of legal thrillers and crime fiction. Grippando is also a lawyer. His series character is Jack Swyteck. He got the idea for his first novel from a near-arrest due to mistaken identity.

Mary Crow is a fictional character featured in a series of suspense novels by American author Sallie Bissell. Mary is a half-Cherokee prosecutor.

Sallie Bissell is an American author of suspense novels. Her character is a half-Cherokee prosecutor named Mary Crow. Sallie started out working in advertising, which she left to be a mother. After she raised three children, she started writing fiction.

Walt Fleming is a series of suspense novels by American novelist Ridley Pearson. Walt works as a sheriff in Sun Valley, Idaho.