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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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Ludlum, Robert
1927 - 2001
The American thriller writer, theatre producer and actor Robert Ludlum were born in New York, but his family moved to New...
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Spillane, Mickey
1918 - 2006
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Rimington, Stella
1935 -
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Evanovich, Janet
1943 -
An American writer, born as Janet Schneider in South River, New Jersey. As a child, she preferred drawing over writing, and...
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