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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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Mason, A.E.W.
1865 - 1948
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason was a British author born in London. He attended Dulwich College and Trinity College, Oxford,...
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James, Peter
1948 -
The British author and film producer Peter James was born in Hove and grew up in Brighton, Sussex. His British father, Jack...
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Parsons, Tony
1953 -
English author and journalist, born and grew up as the only child in a working-class family in Romford, Essex. When Tony...
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Hill, Susan
1942 -
Susan Hill is a British author. In 1961, she published the first of the over 50 works she has produced over her...
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