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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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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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Harris, Robert
1957 -
Robert Dennis Harris is a British author born in Nottingham where his father worked at a printing plant. When he was very...
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Anderson, Lin
1951 -
Lin (Linda) Anderson was born in Greenock, western Scotland. Her parents were of Scottish and Irish descent. Her father was...
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Creasey, John
1908 - 1973
The British author John Creasey has been described as a productive literary phenomenon. According to the experts, around...
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