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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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Shepherd, Lynn
1964 -
The British author, Lynn Shepherd, attracted a great deal of attention in literary circles with her crime novels that...
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Hill, Susan
1942 -
Susan Hill is a British author. In 1961, she published the first of the over 50 works she has produced over her...
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Peace, David
1967 -
David Peace is a British novelist. He was born and raised in Osset near Leeds in Yorkshire. He was educated in Wakefield,...
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Day Lewis, Cecil
1904 - 1972
Irish poet, publisher and professor, and a British citizen from 1948. Cecil Day Lewis is one of the most prominent names in...
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