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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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Saylor, Steven
1956 -
The American author Steven Saylor has pursued two separate literary careers. In the 1980s and early ‘90s he was one of the m...
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McCall Smith, Alexander
1948 -
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Lethem, Jonathan
1964 -
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De la Motte, Anders
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