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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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Francis, Dick
1920 - 2010
The British jockey and author Richard Stanley "Dick" Francis is famous worldwide both as a champion jockey – at one time j...
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Elkins, Aaron
1935 -
Aaron Elkins is an American crime writer born in Brooklyn, New York. He read anthropology and psychology at Hunter College,...
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Hart, John
1965 -
John Hart is considered to be one of the great names in American crime fiction during the 21st century. All of his books...
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Atkinson, Kate
1951 -
The British author Kate Atkinson was born in York, her father was a shopkeeper. She read English literature at Dundee...
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