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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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Osman, Richard
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Richard Osman is an English comedian, TV-personality and programme presenter who made his international writing...
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Johnstone, Doug
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The Scottish novelist, musician and journalist Douglas ‘Doug’ Johnstone was born in Irvine in Scotland, but grew up in the Sc...
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Freemantle, Brian
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Brian Harry Freemantle is a British writer and journalist. He was born in Southampton, Hampshire, where he attended...
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Smith, Martin Cruz
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Martin Cruz Smith, born Martin William Smith, is an American author of thrillers born in Reading, Pennsylvania. His father...
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