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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 Ross Macdonald](images/writer/1101/619ad928be96c31daadb761a710895637c7081f68d2e6.jpg)
Macdonald, Ross
1915 - 1983
Ross Macdonald is a pseudonym for the American-Canadian crime writer Kenneth Millar. He was born in Los Gatos, California,...
Further reading![Portrait image of Ellery Queen](images/writer/1413/619ae052a8b563721aadb32c381cad26afb64b7e15b1d.jpg)
Queen, Ellery
Pseudonym
Ellery Queen is a pen name shared by Frederic Dannay, born Daniel Nathan, and Manfred B. (Bennington) Lee, born Manford...
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Le Carré, John
1931 - 2020
Born David John Moore Cornwell in Poole, county of Dorset, England, John le Carré grew up in a troubled home. While his ...
Further reading![Portrait image of Lindsey Davis](images/writer/383/6633b85f84ba43ebb0b2f62f445de30390c5d6d418e0d.jpg)
Davis, Lindsey
1949 -
Lindsey Davis is a British crime writer born in Birmingham where she attended the King Edward VI High School for Girls...
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