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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 Slaughter, Karin](images/writer/6804/wm_BR_6804_20160316144152_Large.jpg)
Slaughter, Karin
1971 -
The American author Karin Slaughter was born and raised in Jonesboro, a small town near Atlanta, Georgia where her father...
Further reading![Portrait image of K. Arne Blom](images/writer/201/6220ce10456e7955c33bda483a5b7e88b107d7bfdfc79.jpg)
Blom, K. Arne
1946 - 2021
The Swedish author K. (Karl) Arne Blom was born in Nässjö where he passed his baccalaureate in 1967. Later the same year, h...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Grebe, Camilla](images/writer/6065/wm_BL_59945b764b9ba1c686ff2899f6d2f17950d4c245553da.jpg)
Grebe, Camilla
1968 -
The Swedish writer, Camilla Grebe (born Eriksson), has written a series of crime novels, both herself and in collaboration...
Further reading![Portrait image of Per Wahlöö](images/writer/1813/6266cccf6bb27093757c57574453fce3e516e780d17ec.jpg)
Wahlöö, Per
1926 - 1975
Per Fredrik Wahlöö was a Swedish author born in Kungsbacka. His father was a newspaper editor in Lund. Per Wahlöö passed his...
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