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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 Rosenfeldt, Hans](images/writer/5875/wm_BR_5875_20160808191152_Large.jpg)
Rosenfeldt, Hans
1964 -
Hans Gerhard Magnus Rosenfeldt is a Swedish author and actor. He is also one of the screenwriters behind the international...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Rönkä, Matti](images/writer/4689/wm_BR_4689_20150323174726_Large.jpg)
Rönkä, Matti
1959 -
The Finnish journalist and novelist Matti Rönkä was born and raised in Kuusjärvi – today part of Outokumpu– near the Russia...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Bloch, Robert](images/writer/4403/5f88904b3867f724fa9c66a04319b100208f0d5aa92bf.jpg)
Bloch, Robert
1917 - 1994
Robert Albert Bloch was born in Chicago. He moved with his family to Milwaukee in Wisconsin when he was ten years old. His...
Further reading![Portrait of Michael Bond](images/writer/4834/662a38dfcd092fffe291a5287119ffe015ab3774f5468.jpg)
Bond, Michael
1926 - 2017
The British author Thomas Michael Bond was born in Newbury, Berkshire, England. He attended Presentation College, Reading....
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