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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 Jasper Fforde](images/writer/4660/6074985b1c380fbb4eea293544b725761e20c9c44cbc0.jpg)
Fforde, Jasper
1961 -
Jasper Fforde is a British author. He grew up in London and Wales. His father was an economist who was Chief Cashier of the...
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...
Further reading![Portrait of Wiley Cash](images/writer/6446/6633b6f948a75e13f88454cce1542f64a1a96087e3a69.jpg)
Cash, Wiley
1977 -
Wiley Cash is an American crime writer. His first two novels went on to become bestsellers with a general appeal. He was...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Kallentoft, Mons](images/writer/2882/wm_BR_2882_20160316133753_Large.jpg)
Kallentoft, Mons
1968 -
Mons Kallentoft is a Swedish writer and journalist born in Ljungsbro near Linköping. He began to write at the age of ...
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