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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 Jan Guillou](images/writer/661/wm_BR_62e3d8fe4bc88bfb01c5709382cf4e2a8daf0e2dea531.jpg)
Guillou, Jan
1944 -
Swedish author and journalist, who was born in Södertälje and grew up in Saltsjöbaden. Jan Guillou, who has French ancestry (...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Connelly, Michael](images/writer/2633/wm_BR_2633_20150520173435_Large.jpg)
Connelly, Michael
1956 -
Michael Connelly is an American author of crime fiction born in Philadelphia. At the age of twelve, he moved with his...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Jewell, Lisa](images/writer/6349/wm_BR_6349_20161018201330_Large.jpg)
Jewell, Lisa
1968 -
Lisa Jewell is a British author of chic lit fiction. She grew up in Totteridge, north London as the oldest of three...
Further reading![Portrait of Tony Hillerman](images/writer/765/609a996c60521c35f9362cb598aa4ddf52b81623518e7.jpg)
Hillerman, Tony
1925 - 2008
American author of German descent born as Anthony Grove Hillerman in Sacred Heart, Oklahoma. Tony Hillerman grew up on a...
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