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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 Helen MacInnes](images/writer/1102/619adace3591452537f9762a7511b20cc4d6dc6123412.jpg)
MacInnes, Helen
1907 - 1985
Helen Clark MacInnes was a Scottish-American author born in Glasgow. She moved with her family to Helensburgh in 1912 where...
Further reading![Portrait of Arturo Pérez-Reverte](images/writer/2581/60992248307e0e63b808c258d62e23698f0dc502e89f6.jpg)
Pérez-Reverte, Arturo
1951 -
Spanish author born in Cartagena in the south-eastern part of the country. Between 1973 and 1994, Pérez-Reverte worked as a ...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Brooks, Kevin](images/writer/3909/wm_BR_3909_20160419144335_Large.jpg)
Brooks, Kevin
1959 -
Kevin Brooks was born in Exeter and has studied Philosophy and Psychology at Aston University in Birmingham and in London....
Further reading![Portrait image of Alice LaPlante](images/writer/5453/61672782a4d495a9188bc02df17cd6c58d3b48c5f7302.jpg)
LaPlante, Alice
1958 -
American author, journalist and teacher, who has written technical books in different subjects as well as psychological...
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