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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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![Portrait image of James Patterson](images/writer/2077/62680b5b666862d848e23bf096c2353bbfcc4f2c38099.jpg)
Patterson, James
1947 -
The American author, James Patterson, was born and grew up in Newburgh in the State of New York. His father was an...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Groner, Auguste](images/writer/6494/6494_20150216143539.jpg)
Groner, Auguste
1850 - 1929
Auguste Groner was an Austrian author, newspaper editor and pioneering woman author of crime fiction. Die Goldene Auguste...
Further reading![Portrait image of Lee Child](images/writer/4705/wm_BR_4705_20150520170442_Large.jpg)
Child, Lee
1954 -
Lee Child is the pen name of the British author and television producer Jim Grant. He was born in Coventry as one of four...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Rambach, Anne](images/writer/5116/wm_BR_5116_20120821094621_Large.jpg)
Rambach, Anne
1970 -
The French author Anne Rambach was born Anne Rosseau in Saint-Brieuc, Bretagne. She read literature before she joined the...
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