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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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Smirnoff, Karin
1964 -
Karin Smirnoff has the same name as August Strindberg’s daughter, dramatist and author Karin Smirnoff (1880-1973) who also w...
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May, Peter
1951 -
Writer of crime novels and TV manuscripts who has received many prizes. He was born in Glasgow in Scotland, but has lived...
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Trosell, Aino
1949 -
Trosell is a Swedish writer, born in the town of Malung where she grew up in a blue-collar family. In 1967, Aino Trosell...
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Hill, Reginald
1936 - 2012
The British author Reginald Charles Hill was born in West Hartlepool, Durham, but he moved with his family to Carlisle,...
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