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Boldt & Matthews is a series of police procedural/suspense novels by American novelist Ridley Pearson. Lou Boldt is a Seattle police detective and Daphne Matthews is a police psychologist.
Ridley Pearson is an American author of suspense and thriller novels as well as children’s adventure books. His adult novels include the Walt Fleming series, Chris Klick series and the Lou Boldt and Daphne Matthews series. When asked by his daughter how Peter Pan met Captain Hook, Ridley teamed up with Dave Barry to start […]
The Peter and the Starcatchers and Never Land series are two series of children’s adventure books by American authors Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. Ridley came up with the concept for the Peter and the Starcatchers series when his young daughter asked him how Peter Pan met Captain Hook, which became a prequel series to […]
Dave Barry is an American author and humourist. He also wrote a column published in The Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. His novel Big Trouble was adapted to a film starring Tim Allen and Rene Russo in 2011. Barry resides in South Florida, which he suggested should be sawed off and disowned by the […]
Peter Pan is a fictional character created by J.M. Barrie. Peter Pan is a young boy who lives in Neverland, can fly and does not age. He hangs out with a group of boys called The Lost Boys. The Peter Pan character has appeared in numerous adaptations, including Hook (starring Robin Williams as an adult […]
J.M. Barrie (1860-1937) was a Scottish author who is best known for creating the fictional character
Fear and Loathing is a series of Gonzo journalism novels by American author and journalist Hunter S. Thompson. Although counted as fiction, the series is autobiographical of Thompson. Directors Martin Scorsese and Oliver Stone made attempts at adapting Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas to film. Eventually, Terry Gilliam would adapt it in 1998, starring […]
Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) was an American author and journalist. He was best known for his style of Gonzo journalism, which he created, that blurs the lines between fiction and non-fiction. He is best known for his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which was adapted to film by Terry Gilliam in 1998. Suffering […]
Denise Mina is a Scottish author of crime fiction and its Scottish subgenre Tartan Noir. She is best known as the author of the Garnethill trilogy, Paddy Meehan series and the Alex Morrow series. Having an engineer father, Denise and family moved 21 times in 18 years. She currently lives in Glasgow, Scotland.
Nevil Shute Norway (1899-1960) was an English-Australian novelist as well as an aeronautical engineer. He dropped the “Norway” from his pen name in order to protect his engineering career. His novels are not divided into series, but rather three categories – Pre-War (mostly pre-1940), War (1938-1947) and Australia (1948-1960). As he was an aeronautical engineer, […]