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Portrait of Fred Vargas Photo: Eamonn McCabe/Popperfoto via Getty Images (2008)

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Vargas, Fred

Fred Vargas is a pseudonym used by the French historian, archaeologist and crime writer Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau. "Vargas" was a character played by Ava Gardener in The Barefoot Contessa; the name was first used by Audoin-Rouzeau’s twin sister Joëlle, the visual artist Jo Vargas. Their father, Philippe Audoin-Rouzeau, was a journalist and a famous figure in surrealist circles. He was very part...

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Hanshew, T.W.

An American author, journalist and actor, born in Brooklyn, New York. Not much is known about his private life and early years, but it has been discovered that Thomas W. Hanshew already as a 16-year-old had a job in a theatre company where he was given small supporting roles. Later he even got some bigger roles, though without making much of an impression. When he was about 20, he started...

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