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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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Grytten, Frode
1960 -
Frode Grytten is a Norwegian author and journalist born and raised in Odda, a small industrial community in southwest...
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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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Chandler, Raymond
1888 - 1959
American detective writer, born in Chicago. He spent his early childhood in Wyoming and Nebraska. His parents divorced when...
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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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