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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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Blom, K. Arne
1946 - 2021
The Swedish author K. (Karl) Arne Blom was born in Nässjö where he passed his baccalaureate in 1967. Later the same year, h...
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Wheatley, Dennis
1897 - 1977
The British author and wine merchant Dennis Yeats Wheatley was one of the foremost 20th century authors of thrillers and...
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Lasdun, James
1958 -
English author and poet, born and brought up in London, but has lived in the USA since 1986. James Lasdun gained a B.A....
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Heller, Frank
1886 - 1947
Frank Heller is a pseudonym used by the Swedish author Gunnar Serner who was among the most popular authors of light...
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