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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 Camilla Ceder](images/writer/5238/6266ceb00c103fe564676617ca756c36307bcb860bc6a.jpg)
Ceder, Camilla
1976 -
Camilla Ceder grew up in Olofstorp near Gothenburg. She studied social work and psychotherapy and now lives in Gothenburg...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Doctorow, E.L.](images/writer/404/404_20140123090546.jpg)
Doctorow, E.L.
1931 - 2015
American author of Russian-Jewish descent who grew up in the Bronx where his father owned a record store and his mother was...
Further reading![Portrait of Patricia Highsmith](images/writer/758/6050de1407ec9c375ac3d3b949fa5d847943a10fa138b.jpg)
Highsmith, Patricia
1921 - 1995
Patricia Highsmith was an American author born in Fort Worth, Texas, as Mary Patricia Plangman. Both parents were artists...
Further reading![Portrait image of Josef Skvorecky](images/writer/1591/619ae4238123b245c013d8c82811e2c7bcf89e0688c60.jpg)
Skvorecky, Josef
1924 - 2012
The Czech author, editor, translator and (film)scriptwriter Josef Škvorecký was born in Náchod, in Bohemia. He is co...
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