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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 Josephine Tey](images/writer/1712/619adea8d793a2bb12f8e079164bca0870d208ec81d51.jpg)
Tey, Josephine
1896 - 1952
Josephine Tey (the author of popular mystery novels) and Gordon Daviot (a well-known English playwright between 1933 and...
Further reading![Portrait image of Peter Høeg](images/writer/809/6220d5f7b39762d98b440246df3fdeb80ce27f76f0563.jpg)
Høeg, Peter
1957 -
The Danish author Peter Høeg was born in Copenhagen and grew up in the inner-city district of Christianshavn. His mother ...
Further reading![Portrait of Simon Brett](images/writer/243/6093e9139d7100d24c38e30cee65ac1745ecf8a6d0856.jpg)
Brett, Simon
1945 -
British author born in Worcester Park, Surrey. In 1949, the family moved to Ealing and a year later to Banstead where he...
Further reading![Portrait of James Crumley](images/writer/5220/609a4db4281bdb4e272e8c4e3b342920f0467db8d1ab7.jpg)
Crumley, James
1939 - 2008
The American author and teacher James Arthur Crumley never reached bestseller status. However, he was instrumental in the...
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