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It is 113 years today since Victor Canning was born.
Victor Canning was a British author of humorous adventure stories and thrillers. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. At the outbreak of the First World War, while his father was doing his military service, he went with his mother and siblings to live with his uncle in Calstock, a few miles north of Plymouth. This was where Canning fell in love with the English countryside, which features prominently...
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![Författarporträtt av Trosell, Aino](images/writer/1753/wm_BR_1753_20131028094858_Large.jpg)
Trosell, Aino
1949 -
Trosell is a Swedish writer, born in the town of Malung where she grew up in a blue-collar family. In 1967, Aino Trosell...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Rosenfeldt, Hans](images/writer/5875/wm_BR_5875_20160808191152_Large.jpg)
Rosenfeldt, Hans
1964 -
Hans Gerhard Magnus Rosenfeldt is a Swedish author and actor. He is also one of the screenwriters behind the international...
Further reading![Portrait of Nelson DeMille](images/writer/385/6074844e18865cb621b8334e4ac2273540cbbcfcbb7b0.jpg)
DeMille, Nelson
1943 -
Nelson Richard DeMille is an American author of action adventure and suspense novels. He was born in Queens, New York, to a...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Egeland, Tom](images/writer/4544/wm_BR_4544_20160316132335_Large.jpg)
Egeland, Tom
1959 -
Norwegian author and journalist, born in Oslo and raised in the suburb of Kalbakken in Groruddalen, where his parents had a...
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