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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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Bjerke, André
1918 - 1985
André Bjerke was a prominent figure on the Norwegian culture scene in the 1990s. He was an authority on Norwegian post-war ...
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Adams, Herbert
1874 - 1958
British author that would have been largely forgotten had it not been for his being the first and most prolific author of...
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Bradley, Alan
1938 -
Alan Bradley was born in Toronto, Canada. He grew up with his mother and two sisters in the town of Cobourg, about one...
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May, Peter
1951 -
Writer of crime novels and TV manuscripts who has received many prizes. He was born in Glasgow in Scotland, but has lived...
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