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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 Biggers, Earl Derr](images/writer/5513/5ea575759f8e41b1069218878c6ce5a692ea01bfca291.jpg)
Biggers, Earl Derr
1884 - 1933
Earl Derr Biggers was an American journalist, theatre critic and the father of Charlie Chan, a Chinese detective from...
Further reading![Portrait image of Daphne Du Maurier](images/writer/422/6197cac3e67140535ec9416b9017c3db36835e39e7782.jpg)
Du Maurier, Daphne
1907 - 1989
The British novelist and playwright Daphne du Maurier was born in London to parents who were both prominent actors; her...
Further reading![Portrait of John Harvey](images/writer/4311/609a911a54337210157731af302b5213aa0718816c1e6.jpg)
Harvey, John
1938 -
The British author, editor and teacher John Barton Harvey grew up in London where he attended St. Aloysius College. He...
Further reading![Portrait of Sabine Deitmer](images/writer/3005/604fa6d584eec7ec956a28e10c5b5e4efa07d394baa38.jpg)
Deitmer, Sabine
1947 - 2020
The German author of crime novels Sabine Deitmar was born in Jena, Thüringen, and grew up in Düsseldorf. Deitmer became i...
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