Who created the private investigator Jackson Brodie?
Kate Atkinson featured the character of Jackson Brodie as a private investigator and former police inspector. Her work is often celebrated for its wit, wisdom and subtle characterisation, and the surprising twists and plot turns . She has frequently criticised the media's coverage of her work when she won the Whitbread award, for example, it was the fact that she was a "single mother" who lived outside London that received the most attention. Now retired she lives alone in Stoke-on-Trent with her dog. In a recent interview she declared that she did not spend time in great literary parties or the London
Private investigator residing in Paris, appeared in three Poe stories. Where the characters below do not meet the strict criteria of a private investigator (i.e. available for hire) it is noted in brackets. Private investigator A private investigator (often abbreviated to PI and informally called a private eye), a private detective, or inquiry agent, is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private investigators often work for attorneys in civil and criminal cases. In 1833, Eugène François Vidocq, a French soldier, criminal, and privateer, founded the first known private detective agency, "Le Bureau des