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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 Nevada Barr

Barr, Nevada
1952 -

Nevada Barr is an author and artist born in Yerington, Nevada. In 1954, she moved with her family to Susanville in...

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Portrait image of Jesper Stein

Stein, Jesper
1965 -

As a journalist, Stein was known by his full name, Jesper Stein Larsen. For his literary career, he used the shortened...

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Portrait of Gisa Klönne

Klönne, Gisa
1964 -

The German author Gisa Klönne was born in Stuttgart and grew up in Darmstadt. She wanted to become an author from an early ...

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Författarporträtt av Rinehart, Mary Roberts

Rinehart, Mary Roberts
1876 - 1958

Mary Roberts Rinehart was an American author. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, today part of Pittsburgh. Her...

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