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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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Davis, Lindsey
1949 -
Lindsey Davis is a British crime writer born in Birmingham where she attended the King Edward VI High School for Girls...
Further reading![Portrait image of John Fowles](images/writer/559/6197cfd239190ba6b62c59b2872aad157640d9f35b682.jpg)
Fowles, John
1926 - 2005
John Robert Fowles was born in a middle-class family in the Essex town of Leigh-on-Sea. His father, Robert Fowles, dreamt...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Carofiglio, Gianrico](images/writer/5268/wm_BL_5268_20160404180350_Large.jpg)
Carofiglio, Gianrico
1961 -
Gianrico Carofiglio is an Italian novelist and former judge born and raised in Bari, Apulia. After having passed his law...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Camilleri, Andrea](images/writer/2816/5f88d2a5de6765d4a5061aeab5103a1bdcdf5aeeb2a60.jpg)
Camilleri, Andrea
1925 - 2019
Italian author and theatre/film producer, born in the industrial town Porto Empedocle in Agrigento province on the south...
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