Grandville

For now, down in his cellar studio, Bryan's current focus is The Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor, a prequel to his Grandville series which features anthropomorphised steampunk characters.

Grandville is the alternative name for Paris in an early 19th Century where Britain is a part of the French empire.

His fifth book in the Grandville series even had the final pages bound in black plastic so readers could not inadvertently glimpse the ending.

Another person, a 73-year-old, from Grandville, Mich., sent $85,560 to Charles Winn for “rare European wines,” according to documents.

"Having him has really helped me want to continue to live and keep fighting," said Reister, of Grandville, Michigan.