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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 Goodis, David](images/writer/7872/6308bb5e0d77d8139a745d06ccb67fe11418d0a49f916.jpg)
Goodis, David
1917 - 1967
The American author David Goodis is ranked as one of the greatest names in ‘noir’ literature, and some of his novels have bee...
Further reading![Portrait image of Deon Meyer](images/writer/5568/wm_BR_635017fb582c62d5be1930063f793916cceaaf8dd404e.jpg)
Meyer, Deon
1958 -
Deon Meyer is something of a rarity in that he is a South African crime writer who has had his crime novels, written in...
Further reading![Portrait image of James M. Cain](images/writer/2088/618cf4437520ce40ca5f251ec798763ffa21cf7b137d1.jpg)
Cain, James M.
1892 - 1977
The American author and journalist James Mallahan Cain was a prominent figure in 20th century fiction. Alongside Dashiell...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Paretsky, Sara](images/writer/1341/wm_BR_1341_20150119122251_Large.jpg)
Paretsky, Sara
1947 -
The American author Sara Paretsky was a leading proponent – alongside Marcia Muller, Sue Grafton and others – during a per...
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