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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 Winslow, Don](images/writer/6614/wm_BR_6614_20160323142959_Large.jpg)
Winslow, Don
1953 -
Don Winslow is an American novelist and former private investigator. He was born in New York. His father was a US Navy...
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![Portrait of Stieg Trenter](images/writer/1746/5f6cb03d81edc5364d44ad24b89b39b4fb3ea2ff3e0b1.jpg)
Trenter, Stieg
1914 - 1967
Stieg Ivar Trenter, born Stig Ivar Johansson, grew up in Farsta, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. His father owned a general...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Brown, Dan](images/writer/3571/5f88c6218dcb89328481bbd94fdccb6d6c736fc79fd47.jpg)
Brown, Dan
1964 -
Dan Brown is an American author born as Daniel Brown in Exeter, New Hampshire. His father was a teacher of mathematics and...
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