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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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![Författarporträtt av Lönnaeus, Olle](images/writer/5659/wm_BR_5bbf53f15922ab1dd57cca76d070c3a5d76c50c08c0d6.jpg)
Lönnaeus, Olle
1957 -
The journalist and author Olof "Olle" Lönnaeus was born in Tomelilla, Southeast Scania. After completing upper-secondary ...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Grebe, Camilla](images/writer/6065/wm_BL_59945b764b9ba1c686ff2899f6d2f17950d4c245553da.jpg)
Grebe, Camilla
1968 -
The Swedish writer, Camilla Grebe (born Eriksson), has written a series of crime novels, both herself and in collaboration...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Kristensen, Tom](images/writer/6744/wm_BR_6744_20160316134200_Large.jpg)
Kristensen, Tom
1955 -
Tom Kristensen is a Norwegian economist, engineer and author born in Tjøme, Vestfold county. He has won fame as a writer of ...
Further reading![Portrait of John Harvey](images/writer/4311/609a911a54337210157731af302b5213aa0718816c1e6.jpg)
Harvey, John
1938 -
The British author, editor and teacher John Barton Harvey grew up in London where he attended St. Aloysius College. He...
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