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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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Lehane, Dennis
1966 -
The American crime writer Dennis Lehane grew up in an Irish family as the youngest of five children in Dorchester on the...
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Rimington, Stella
1935 -
Dame Stella Rimington is a British author of spy novels. She is a former intelligence officer, she was the first female...
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Cook, Robin (1940-)
1940 -
American doctor, businessman and author, who has written a long row of thriller-like medical crime novels, many of which...
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Robotham, Michael
1960 -
Michael Robotham is an Australian author of crime novels and a ghost writer. He was born in Casino, New South Wales,...
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