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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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Mailer, Norman
1923 - 2007
The American author, journalist and public debater Norman (in reality Nachem Malek) Mailer was born in Long Branch, New...
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King, Laurie R.
1952 -
American author and theologian, born as Laurie Richardson in Oakland, California. The family moved several times within the...
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Turèll, Dan
1946 - 1993
Danish novelist and poet who was something as unusual as a well-respected and genuinely popular cultural figure. He was...
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Winslow, Don
1953 -
Don Winslow is an American novelist and former private investigator. He was born in New York. His father was a US Navy...
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