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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 Jack Higgins](images/writer/757/6095584c4265d8a480915192e4dae55431edafb25963e.jpg)
Higgins, Jack
1929 - 2022
British/Irish – he had double citizenship – author and former teacher, born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He was christened Henry P...
Further reading![Portrait of Ken Follett](images/writer/546/603e803e04de2455d7464c954425d7bfed4756aa0a990.jpg)
Follett, Ken
1949 -
British author and journalist born in Cardiff, Wales. Kenneth "Ken" Follett’s parents were active members of the church of t...
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Hornung, E.W.
1866 - 1921
The English teacher and journalist Ernest William Hornung (Willie to his family) was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s b...
Further reading![Portrait image of Dennis Wheatley](images/writer/1857/619ae9c2380c4448c1a90f3f70f1506bd1ec6129ae770.jpg)
Wheatley, Dennis
1897 - 1977
The British author and wine merchant Dennis Yeats Wheatley was one of the foremost 20th century authors of thrillers and...
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