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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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Wodehouse, P.G.
1881 - 1975
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (Plum to his family and friends) was a British author born in Guildford, Surrey. His father...
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Follett, Ken
1949 -
British author and journalist born in Cardiff, Wales. Kenneth "Ken" Follett’s parents were active members of the church of t...
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Abbott, Megan
1971 -
The American scholar and author Megan Abbott was born in Detroit and raised there and at Grosse Pointe, Michigan. She...
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King, Laurie R.
1952 -
American author and theologian, born as Laurie Richardson in Oakland, California. The family moved several times within the...
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