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Sample of authors
Canning, Victor
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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Sendker, Jan-Philipp
Jan-Philipp Sendker is a German journalist and author. From 1990 to 1995, he was the correspondent in America for the German magazine Stern. From 1995 to 1999 he was the magazine’s Asian correspondent and from 1999 he has worked full-time as an author. He lives in Potsdam outside Berlin with his wife and three children. Jan-Philipp Sendker is fascinated by Asia and has made several journeys in C...
