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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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Lasdun, James
1958 -
English author and poet, born and brought up in London, but has lived in the USA since 1986. James Lasdun gained a B.A....
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Baldacci, David
1960 -
The American author David Baldacci, with family roots in Toscana in Italy, was born in Richmond, Virginia, as the youngest...
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Smith, Martin Cruz
1942 -
Martin Cruz Smith, born Martin William Smith, is an American author of thrillers born in Reading, Pennsylvania. His father...
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Tuomainen, Antti
1971 -
A Finnish author and journalist who gained international attention with his crime novels. They are translated into a number...
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