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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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Woodrell, Daniel
1953 -
Daniell Woodrell is an American author born in Springfield, a town situated in the Missouri Ozarks, a plateau and mountain...
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Durbridge, Francis
1912 - 1998
The British crime writer Francis Durbridge was born in Hull in Yorkshire. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School in...
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Spillane, Mickey
1918 - 2006
The American author Frank Morrison Spillane was born in Brooklyn, New York, to an Irish Catholic father and Scottish...
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Carr, John Dickson
1906 - 1977
American author of detective stories born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. His father was a criminal lawyer and politician who...
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