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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 Olivier Truc](images/writer/6719/wm_BR_6350337608fdce69bff48ec674196308bc81255ad254f.jpg)
Truc, Olivier
1964 -
The French author Olivier Truc is a journalist and war correspondent. Truc has been working for Le Monde in Scandinavia and...
Further reading![Portrait of Hillary Waugh](images/writer/2988/609934cfe24bca0fb6e0eef5f10f764796d993b0a415c.jpg)
Waugh, Hillary
1920 - 2008
The American mystery novelist Hillary Baldwin Waugh was born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut. He attended Hillhouse...
Further reading![Portrait of Peter May](images/writer/6304/609410592831eea5d1adfeda16de65998cabb471af17d.jpg)
May, Peter
1951 -
Writer of crime novels and TV manuscripts who has received many prizes. He was born in Glasgow in Scotland, but has lived...
Further reading![Portrait of Frances Fyfield](images/writer/583/603e7ddac0c59b4fb42cfffbdb6171110734c5d5849d4.jpg)
Fyfield, Frances
1948 -
Frances Fyfield is the pseudonym of the British crime-writer Frances Hegarty who grew up in Derbyshire, England. Her father...
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