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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 of Graham Greene

Greene, Graham
1904 - 1991

Henry Graham Greene was a British author and journalist born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, who became one of the foremost...

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Författarporträtt av Cornwell, Patricia D.

Cornwell, Patricia D.
1956 -

The American crime writer Patricia Cornwell was born in Miami, Florida, as Patricia Carroll Daniels. After her parents’ d...

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Författarporträtt av Frimansson, Inger

Frimansson, Inger
1944 -

Inger Frimansson is a Swedish author born in Stockholm as Inger Wilén. Her father was an engineer. Frimansson passed her ...

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Författarporträtt av Harper, Jane

Harper, Jane
1980 -

Jane Harper was born in Manchester, England. When she was eight years old she moved with her family to Australia. For six...

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