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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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Derleth, August
1909 - 1971
American author, poet, editor and publisher, who wrote his first published novel Bat’s Belfry when he was 15 years old. W...
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Chandler, Raymond
1888 - 1959
American detective writer, born in Chicago. He spent his early childhood in Wyoming and Nebraska. His parents divorced when...
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Runcie, James
1959 -
James Robert Runcie is an author, documentary film maker, television producer and playwright. He was born in Cambridge and...
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Connolly, John
1968 -
Irish author, born and raised in Dublin. After finishing school, he worked for a few years, including jobs as a bartender...
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