-
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...
Sample of Authors
Jungstedt, Mari
1962 -
Mari Jungstedt is a Swedish journalist, broadcaster and author born in Stockholm. Her parents were very young when they...
Further reading
Lethem, Jonathan
1964 -
The extremely prolific American author Jonathan Allen Lethem is best known for his crime novels, many of them with science...
Further reading
Harris, Robert
1957 -
Robert Dennis Harris is a British author born in Nottingham where his father worked at a printing plant. When he was very...
Further reading
Freemantle, Brian
1936 -
Brian Harry Freemantle is a British writer and journalist. He was born in Southampton, Hampshire, where he attended...
Further reading