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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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Sjöwall, Maj
1935 - 2020
Maj Sjöwall was a Swedish author, journalist and translator born in Stockholm. Having been married twice between 1955 and ...
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Archer, Jeffrey
1940 -
Jeffrey Howard Archer is a British author, former politician and peer of the realm surrounded by scandal. His thrillers and...
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Norman, Andreas
1972 -
Author Andreas Norman’s mother is the social anthropologist Karin Norman, and his father the psychoanalyst Johan Norman. At f...
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Hill, Susan
1942 -
Susan Hill is a British author. In 1961, she published the first of the over 50 works she has produced over her...
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