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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 Tangen, Geir](images/writer/7193/wm_BR_5c9bb0bcebd22b0f41da47c37d27728deb7004838fd15.jpg)
Tangen, Geir
1970 -
The Norwegian author Geir Tangen was born in Øystese in Hardanger where he also grew up. In the family home, reading was ...
Further reading![Portrait image of Erle Stanley Gardner](images/writer/595/6197d8790843efbe9a636f5c89dffe24db04adc9d5883.jpg)
Gardner, Erle Stanley
1889 - 1970
Erle Stanley Gardner was an American author and lawyer born in Malden, Massachusetts. His father was a mining engineer who...
Further reading![Portrait image of Carl Hiaasen](images/writer/756/6197dd8153ed25a55db67b6db804cc2a8981bbd26c308.jpg)
Hiaasen, Carl
1953 -
Carl Hiaasen is an American journalist and author of thrillers. He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and is of...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Tursten, Helene](images/writer/2018/wm_BL_2018_20160315162034_Large.jpg)
Tursten, Helene
1954 -
Helene Tursten was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is also the setting she has chosen for Detective Inspector Irene Huss....
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