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It is 131 years today since Dorothy L. Sayers was born.
English writer and translator, born in Oxford as the only child of Henry Sayers, rector of Christchurch Cathedral Choir School, and his wife Helen Leigh Sayers. When Dorothy L. (Leigh) Sayers was four years old, the family moved to Bluntisham in Huntingdonshire where the father was appointed pastor. The parents had cultural and linguistic interests, and regularly travelled with their daughter to...
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![Portrait image of Richard Osman](images/writer/7782/620143144e3cdc86a50c0e85a030c22b9d7343b33f0b7.jpg)
Osman, Richard
1970 -
Richard Osman is an English comedian, TV-personality and programme presenter who made his international writing...
Further reading![Portrait image of Josephine Tey](images/writer/1712/619adea8d793a2bb12f8e079164bca0870d208ec81d51.jpg)
Tey, Josephine
1896 - 1952
Josephine Tey (the author of popular mystery novels) and Gordon Daviot (a well-known English playwright between 1933 and...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Jesse, F. Tennyson](images/writer/8028/64df70db3eaf3e42eb0d149d350ba7725f03f5e584b3a.jpg)
Jesse, F. Tennyson
1888 - 1958
A versatile English writer and playwright, F. Tennyson Jesse (1888–1958) also worked as a journalist, drawer, and amateur c...
Further reading![Portrait of Peter May](images/writer/6304/609410592831eea5d1adfeda16de65998cabb471af17d.jpg)
May, Peter
1951 -
Writer of crime novels and TV manuscripts who has received many prizes. He was born in Glasgow in Scotland, but has lived...
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