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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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Parsons, Julie
1951 -
Writer of detective stories Julie Parsons was born and grew up in New Zealand, to which her Irish parents had emigrated in...
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Himes, Chester
1909 - 1984
Chester Bomar Himes was among the foremost Afro-American authors, especially in terms of the way he wrote about racism in...
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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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Lewis, Mary
1907 - 1988
Writing as Christianna Brand, Mary Lewis, born Mary Christianna Milne, was one of Britain’s foremost crime writers and c...
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