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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 Roslund, Anders](images/writer/4129/wm_BL_59d3639461a3b51c80456a07bbfe2767993ef51f62a54.jpg)
Roslund, Anders
1961 -
Nils Anders Micael Roslund grew up in the county of Scania, Sweden. He lived from time to time at the home of his...
Further reading![Portrait image of John Creasey](images/writer/357/6197a1e8bce9c051ee59cec3c60db240987bd82a8accd.jpg)
Creasey, John
1908 - 1973
The British author John Creasey has been described as a productive literary phenomenon. According to the experts, around...
Further reading![Portrait of Mario Puzo](images/writer/1409/609931b508fe965c1ece8a1e8a3c506bdf5d9c39d375e.jpg)
Puzo, Mario
1920 - 1999
Mario Gianluigi Puzo was an American author born in a slum known as Hell’s Kitchen on Manhattan, New York. His parents were b...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Davidsen, Leif](images/writer/379/wm_BR_379_20160114151336_Large.jpg)
Davidsen, Leif
1950 -
Leif Davidsen in a Danish author and journalist born in Otterup on northern Funen. He grew up there and in the neighbouring...
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