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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 John Hart](images/writer/4963/6197da883431d4d1da63087d255c7be782701cda8703a.jpg)
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...
Further reading![Portrait image of James Herbert](images/writer/745/6409fff7e55d10d2337f588a17cd1893ed6094ce78564.jpg)
Herbert, James
1943 - 2013
James Herbert from England was one of the best-selling and most praised authors of horror fiction in the late 20th century....
Further reading![Portrait image of H.R.F. Keating](images/writer/2975/6197e654da3d48ea6c27db2c3614884f30783a5ab5a73.jpg)
Keating, H.R.F.
1926 - 2011
Henry Raymond Fitzwalter "Harry" Keating is a British author born at St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex. He was educated in the...
Further reading![Portrait image of Algernon Blackwood](images/writer/5263/6197aff112288c86333afea3dfc6180107397f4702464.jpg)
Blackwood, Algernon
1869 - 1951
The British author Algernon Henry Blackwood grew up in a strictly religious home in Kent. He soon abandoned his Christian...
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