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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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![Författarporträtt av Morrison, Arthur](images/writer/5989/5989_20120326084242.jpg)
Morrison, Arthur
1863 - 1945
Arthur Morrison was one of Britain's best-known authors around the turn of the last century on account of his realistic...
Further reading![Portrait of Robert B. Parker](images/writer/1344/609aa9d2037ed665d803f109c45ccb064d20c2926c27d.jpg)
Parker, Robert B.
1932 - 2010
Robert Brown Parker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, where his father was head of a telephone company. Parker...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Oppenheim, E. Phillips](images/writer/7322/5cf79f056c379edc0b8181a8370b0ff98dae27be105fd.jpg)
Oppenheim, E. Phillips
1866 - 1946
The British author E. (Edward) Phillips Oppenheim achieved great international successes during the first half of the 20th...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Sapper](images/writer/6036/6036_20120815100304.jpg)
Sapper
1888 - 1937
Pseudonym for Englishman (Herman) Cyril McNeile, who – using the alias Sappar – was one of the best-selling Eng...
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