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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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Lindsay, Jeff
1952 -
Jeff Lindsay’s real name is Jeffry P. Freundlich. He was born and grew up in Miami, with a father who was an art teacher. A...
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Høeg, Peter
1957 -
The Danish author Peter Høeg was born in Copenhagen and grew up in the inner-city district of Christianshavn. His mother ...
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Greene, Graham
1904 - 1991
Henry Graham Greene was a British author and journalist born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, who became one of the foremost...
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Elkins, Aaron
1935 -
Aaron Elkins is an American crime writer born in Brooklyn, New York. He read anthropology and psychology at Hunter College,...
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