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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 Vidocq, Eugène François](images/writer/7821/62389f4dab0197f13543964485c30a920c32f1e351372.jpg)
Vidocq, Eugène François
1775 - 1857
Few people have had a life and a professional career to match that of the criminal, police officer, criminologist and...
Further reading![Portrait of Alistair MacLean](images/writer/1103/609939c37c4e6c703296c2c2c1b23cfd15fd0e77bd186.jpg)
MacLean, Alistair
1922 - 1987
The Scottish author Alistair Stuart MacLean was born in Shettleston, Glasgow, in a Gaelic-speaking family as Alasdair...
Further reading![Portrait image of Anders Bodelsen](images/writer/208/6220cfd6c253ce47aa7451e25102f5cfd07763a0f9866.jpg)
Bodelsen, Anders
1937 - 2021
Anders Bodelsen was a Danish author, journalist and critic born in the Copenhagen district of Frederiksberg. He then lived...
Further reading![Portrait image of Denise Mina](images/writer/3125/wm_BR_654a62b18f83ca4e299685c44447e49177333172d4718.jpg)
Mina, Denise
1966 -
Denise Mina is a Scottish lawyer and author of crime novels. She was born in East Kilbride, Glasgow. Her father was an oil...
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