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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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Collins, Max Allan
1948 -
A very productive American multitasker, known primarily as a crime author, born in Muscatine in Iowa. With the exception of...
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Anderson, Lin
1951 -
Lin (Linda) Anderson was born in Greenock, western Scotland. Her parents were of Scottish and Irish descent. Her father was...
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Jungstedt, Mari
1962 -
Mari Jungstedt is a Swedish journalist, broadcaster and author born in Stockholm. Her parents were very young when they...
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King, Laurie R.
1952 -
American author and theologian, born as Laurie Richardson in Oakland, California. The family moved several times within the...
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