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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 of Joe R. Lansdale

Lansdale, Joe R.
1951 -

American author, combat athlete and self-defence expert, born and raised in Gladewater, Texas. The incredibly productive...

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Författarporträtt av Mosley, Walter

Mosley, Walter
1952 -

American author, born in the tough and run-down South Central district in Los Angeles. His mother had a Russian-Jewish...

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Portrait image of Mick Herron

Herron, Mick
1963 -

The British crime writer Mick Herron was born and raised in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He read literature at Balliol College,...

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Portrait of Nic Pizzolatto

Pizzolatto, Nic
1975 -

The American author Nicholas Austin "Nic" Pizzolatto is the author of the bestselling novel Galveston (2010) and the...

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