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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 Jesper Stein](images/writer/7207/629a0bff357ac0b6947b0380428f48efa5e5069ab5d6b.jpg)
Stein, Jesper
1965 -
As a journalist, Stein was known by his full name, Jesper Stein Larsen. For his literary career, he used the shortened...
Further reading![Portrait image of Edmund Crispin](images/writer/360/6197c23140d1a642fcc468b291f2b5b25234cc58615bf.jpg)
Crispin, Edmund
1921 - 1978
Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym for Robert Bruce Montgomery, an English pianist and organist, composer and author of...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Mishani, Dror](images/writer/6264/wm_BR_6264_20160323130720_Large.jpg)
Mishani, Dror
1975 -
Dror Mishani is an Israeli crime writer, born and raised in the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon. He is also a translator, literary...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Ford, Richard](images/writer/549/wm_BR_549_20150907142825_Large.jpg)
Ford, Richard
1944 -
American author born in Jackson, Mississippi. His father, Parker Carrol, was a travelling salesman, which meant that the...
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