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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 of Anne Mette Hancock](images/writer/7690/6220d1985df1398e472d328a3302e14cc55552e2dd2ae.jpg)
Hancock, Anne Mette
1979 -
After having worked as a journalist and press & publicity manager, Danish Anne Mette Hancock made her international...
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Goodis, David
1917 - 1967
The American author David Goodis is ranked as one of the greatest names in ‘noir’ literature, and some of his novels have bee...
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Manchette, Jean-Patrick
1942 - 1995
Jean-Patrick Manchette was a French author credited for having revolutionised noir fiction in France. He was born in...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Ohlsson, Kristina](images/writer/5775/wm_BR_5b7aaf0012b76d382f88ab9a0af9bc361ee217a6d3904.jpg)
Ohlsson, Kristina
1979 -
The Swedish author Kristina Ohlsson was born and grew up in Kristianstad as one of six siblings. As a child she was sickly,...
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