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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 image of Lynn Shepherd](images/writer/7984/wm_BR_652eb64674b2e41dbae4b1b3889004ef94006a11e7eec.jpg)
Shepherd, Lynn
1964 -
The British author, Lynn Shepherd, attracted a great deal of attention in literary circles with her crime novels that...
Further reading![Portrait image of Rex Stout](images/writer/1640/619ae56c6655bb901e6f78e0fb448eec8bd806420c6f9.jpg)
Stout, Rex
1886 - 1975
The American author Rex Todhunter Stout was born in Noblesville, Indiana, as the sixth of nine children to John and Lucetta...
Further reading![Portrait image of Maria Lang](images/writer/984/6220dd6a8c4934dc9a30bf73b4c044b1a275472eb3c84.jpg)
Lang, Maria
1914 - 1991
Maria Lang is the pen name of the teacher and head mistress Dagmar (Maria) Lange, one of Sweden’s most popular, but also m...
Further reading![Portrait of Chester Himes](images/writer/2950/60993628d14429f08b7890065f2374cfc2bff83bd77df.jpg)
Himes, Chester
1909 - 1984
Chester Bomar Himes was among the foremost Afro-American authors, especially in terms of the way he wrote about racism in...
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