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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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Peace, David
1967 -
David Peace is a British novelist. He was born and raised in Osset near Leeds in Yorkshire. He was educated in Wakefield,...
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Hellström, Börge
1957 - 2017
Börge Hellström was a former criminal turned author. After a tough childhood he became an alcoholic and a drug addict, and e...
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Roberts, Nora
1950 -
The American author Nora Roberts was born as Eleanor Marie Robertson in Silver Spring, Maryland. She grew up as the only...
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Hart, John
1965 -
John Hart is considered to be one of the great names in American crime fiction during the 21st century. All of his books...
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