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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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Wetering, Janwillem van de
1931 - 2008
Janwillem (actually Jan Willem) van de Wetering was a Dutch author born in Rotterdam to a merchant family. After graduating...
Further reading![Portrait of Jo Spain](images/writer/7393/609423c28f096829436cf9cb3a4dc89f1e14aeea953c2.jpg)
Spain, Jo
1979 -
The Irish author Joanne ‘Jo’ Spain was born into a working-class family in the little notorious residential district of Bel...
Further reading![Portrait image of Lindsey Davis](images/writer/383/6633b85f84ba43ebb0b2f62f445de30390c5d6d418e0d.jpg)
Davis, Lindsey
1949 -
Lindsey Davis is a British crime writer born in Birmingham where she attended the King Edward VI High School for Girls...
Further reading![Portrait image of John Connolly](images/writer/3955/6299004fdc1661237517940bd86e1530ce9127897abcc.jpg)
Connolly, John
1968 -
Irish author, born and raised in Dublin. After finishing school, he worked for a few years, including jobs as a bartender...
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