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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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Griffiths, Elly
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The English author Domenica Maxted – known as a crime writer under the pseudonym Elly Griffiths – was born in London as Dom...
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Börjlind, Rolf
1943 -
Rolf Börjlind was born in Västra Skrävlinge in Malmö. He started studying at the College of Journalism in Stockholm in 196...
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Engberg, Katrine
1975 -
Katrine Engberg was born in Copenhagen where she also grew up in a cultural academic family. She trained to be a dancer and...
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Kent, Hannah
1985 -
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