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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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![Portrait image of Gillian Flynn](images/writer/6112/614b5c830dfbb95dbaae39011c4a1c76b9c7428b95c37.jpg)
Flynn, Gillian
1971 -
Already as a child, the American author and journalist Gillian Flynn was fascinated by horror and crime. She read books...
Further reading![Portrait image of MacKinlay Kantor](images/writer/2440/6197e7b547d41f8e9635dcc963059affc00987c9ba882.jpg)
Kantor, MacKinlay
1904 - 1977
The author and journalist MacKinlay Kantor was born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor in Webster City, Iowa. His father, John Martin...
Further reading![Portrait of Jonathan Kellerman](images/writer/915/609a9d409197ce7e737d4ed763f973967d7696d9a4912.jpg)
Kellerman, Jonathan
1949 -
Jonathan Kellerman is an American author of thrillers. He was born in New York where he attended the Yeshiva of Central...
Further reading![Portrait of Jasper Fforde](images/writer/4660/6074985b1c380fbb4eea293544b725761e20c9c44cbc0.jpg)
Fforde, Jasper
1961 -
Jasper Fforde is a British author. He grew up in London and Wales. His father was an economist who was Chief Cashier of the...
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