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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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Winslow, Don
1953 -
Don Winslow is an American novelist and former private investigator. He was born in New York. His father was a US Navy...
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Lövestam, Sara
1980 -
The author, queer activist, radio presenter, linguist and language teacher Sara Maria Kristina Lövestam was born in ...
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Harper, Jane
1980 -
Jane Harper was born in Manchester, England. When she was eight years old she moved with her family to Australia. For six...
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Bond, Michael
1926 - 2017
The British author Thomas Michael Bond was born in Newbury, Berkshire, England. He attended Presentation College, Reading....
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