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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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Craven, M.W.
1968 -
British crime writer, born in Carlisle in Cumbria, England. When M.W. (Michael William) ‘Mike’ Craven was still a child, the...
Further reading![Portrait of Nic Pizzolatto](images/writer/6825/6099272b2b28d3186d0216ce0f728c3b8f55829071b8c.jpg)
Pizzolatto, Nic
1975 -
The American author Nicholas Austin "Nic" Pizzolatto is the author of the bestselling novel Galveston (2010) and the...
Further reading![Portrait of J.K. Rowling](images/writer/2653/609a52c959173b12e3544e0663bb657eeb8c87bd904c6.jpg)
Rowling, J.K.
1965 -
The British writer, J.K. Rowling, was born as Joanne Rowling in Yate in Gloucestershire, England. As an adult, she added...
Further reading![Portrait of Sophie Hannah](images/writer/6026/607705d84b01c073cedbefe255c21939ed2b5b39ce618.jpg)
Hannah, Sophie
1971 -
The British poet and novelist Sophie Hannah was born and raised in Manchester. She grew up with her younger sister in a...
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