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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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Claudel, Philippe
1962 -
French author and film director born in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe near Nancy where he still lives together with his wife and...
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Penny, Louise
1958 -
The Canadian author, Louise Penny, grew up in Toronto. She studied Journalism and worked as a TV and radio producer. She...
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Cross, Amanda
1926 - 2003
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun was a successful American academic, feminist and author of a series of mystery novels published under...
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Lövestam, Sara
1980 -
The author, queer activist, radio presenter, linguist and language teacher Sara Maria Kristina Lövestam was born in ...
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