VICTOR CANNING

1911 - 1986

Writing as: Victor Canning, Julian Forest, Alan Gould

Born in Plymouth, Devon, Mr. Canning started writing short stories at an early age and was selling them to magazines by the time he reached adulthood. At the age of 23, his first novel, Mr. Finchley Discovers His England, is published and becomes a huge best seller and allowed him to quit his day job to write full time. Numerous novels followed, each doing very well. In 1940 at the age of 29, he enlisted in the Army where he received training in the artillery alongside his friend and fellow author, Eric Ambler. He saw considerable action in England, North Africa, and Sicily. After the War, he resumed his writing and produced some of his very best work, several of which were turned into movies or television shows. He also produced screenplays for numerous action adventures on tv.

Series		Books
Victor Canning

Rex Carver		The Limbo Line (1963)
		The Whip Hand (1965)
		Doubled In Diamonds (1966)
		The Python Project (1967)
		The Melting Man (1968)

Birdcage		Firecrest (1971)
		The Rainbird Pattern (1972)
		The Mask of Memory (1974)
		The Doomsday Carrier (1978)
		Birdcage (1978)
		The Satan Sampler (1979)
		Vanishing Point (1982)
		Birds of a Feather (1985)

Other		Beggar’s Bush (1940)
		Black Flamingo (1962)
		The Boy on Platform One (1981)
		The Burning Eye (1960)
		Castle Minerva aka A Handful of Silver (1954)
		The Chasm (1947)
		The Circle of the Gods [Arthurian trilogy] (1977)
		Comedies and Whimsies (2007) (2007)
		The Crimson Chalice [Arthurian trilogy] (1976)
		Delay on Turtle (1962)
		A Delivery of Furies (1961)
		The Dragon Tree aka The Captives of Mora Island (1958)
		Everyman’s England (1936)
		Fall From Grace (1980)
		The Finger of Saturn (1973)
		Flight of the grey goose [Smiler] (1973)
		Fly Away Paul (1936)
		A Forest of Eyes (1950)
		Fountain Inn (1939)
		The Golden Salamander (1949)
		The Great Affair (1970)
		Green Battlefield (1943)
		The Hidden Face aka Burden of Proof (1956)
		His Bones are Coral aka Twist of the Knife (1955)
		House of the Seven Flies aka House of the Seven Hawks (1952)
		The Immortal Wound [Arthurian trilogy] (1978)
		The Kingsford Mark (1975)
		The Man from the Turkish Slave (1954)
		The Manasco Road aka The Forbidden Road (1957)
		Matthew Silverman (1937)
		The Minerva Club, The Department of Patterns and Dr. Kang (2009)
		Mr. Finchley Discovers his England (1934)
		Mr. Finchley Goes to Paris (1938)
		Mr. Finchley Takes the Road (1940)
		The Painted Tent [Smiler] (1974)
		Panther’s Moon aka Hunter's Moon (1948)
		Polycarp’s Progress (1935)
		Queen’s Pawn (1969)
		Raven’s Wind (1983)
		The Runaways [Smiler] (1972)
		The Scorpio Letters (1964)
		Table Number Seven (1987)
		Venetian Bird aka Bird of Prey (1950)
		Young Man on a Bicycle aka Oasis Nine (1958)

Julian Forest

Other		The Wooden Angel (1938)

Alan Gould

Other		Atlantic Company (1940)
		Every Creature of God is Good (1939)
		Mercy Lane (1937)
		Sanctuary from the Dragon (1938)
		Two Men Fought (1936)
		The Viaduct (1939)