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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...
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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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Harris, Thomas
1940 -
American author who has become known for his thrillers with their atmosphere of horror about the doctor, psychopath and...
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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...
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