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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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Hellström, Börge
1957 - 2017
Börge Hellström was a former criminal turned author. After a tough childhood he became an alcoholic and a drug addict, and e...
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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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French, Tana
1973 -
Crime writer and actress Tana French was born in Burlington, Vermont, USA. Her father was an economist and worked all...
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Archer, Jeffrey
1940 -
Jeffrey Howard Archer is a British author, former politician and peer of the realm surrounded by scandal. His thrillers and...
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