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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 image of Eduardo Mendoza](images/writer/1171/602fd415c3af20900f1fe20a330de0798858adcb12ee8.jpg)
Mendoza, Eduardo
1943 -
Eduardo Mendoza Garriga is a Spanish author who lives in Barcelona. His father was a lawyer and his mother a housewife. He...
Further reading![Portrait of Martha Grimes](images/writer/3425/605076284f112bf4935ef9e8ba81aed174edbb0af3498.jpg)
Grimes, Martha
1931 -
Martha Grimes is an American author of detective stories born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her father, a lawyer, died when...
Further reading![Portrait of Janet Evanovich](images/writer/3096/60749583dbdf493eb5547785762fe7851857815aa16a1.jpg)
Evanovich, Janet
1943 -
An American writer, born as Janet Schneider in South River, New Jersey. As a child, she preferred drawing over writing, and...
Further reading![Portrait of Arturo Pérez-Reverte](images/writer/2581/60992248307e0e63b808c258d62e23698f0dc502e89f6.jpg)
Pérez-Reverte, Arturo
1951 -
Spanish author born in Cartagena in the south-eastern part of the country. Between 1973 and 1994, Pérez-Reverte worked as a ...
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