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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 Dominique Manotti

Manotti, Dominique
1942 -

Behind the name Dominique Manotti hides the professor of Economic History Marie-Noëlle Thibault. It was when she, in her ...

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Portrait of Lynda La Plante

La Plante, Lynda
1943 -

Lynda La Plante is a British author, television producer and actor born Lynda Titchmarsh in Formby near Liverpool. Her...

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Portrait image of Antti Tuomainen

Tuomainen, Antti
1971 -

A Finnish author and journalist who gained international attention with his crime novels. They are translated into a number...

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Portrait of Mo Hayder

Hayder, Mo
1962 - 2021

The British thriller writer Mo Hayder, pen name for Clare Dunkel, grew up in Essex. She revolted against her academic...

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