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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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![Författarporträtt av Banville, John](images/writer/2002/wm_BR_2002_20130821132828_Large.jpg)
Banville, John
1945 -
John Banville is one of Ireland’s best known and most prize-winning authors. He was awarded the Booker Prize in 2005, the K...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Gaboriau, Émile](images/writer/4713/4713_20121122232123.jpg)
Gaboriau, Émile
1832 - 1873
While Edgar Allan Poe, the American author of short stories, is generally considered to be the father of modern crime...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Goddard, Robert](images/writer/3349/wm_BL_3349_20160419152018_Large.jpg)
Goddard, Robert
1954 -
Robert Goddard is a popular, much-translated and lauded British thriller writer with an unusual and highly personal style....
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Brown, Dan](images/writer/3571/5f88c6218dcb89328481bbd94fdccb6d6c736fc79fd47.jpg)
Brown, Dan
1964 -
Dan Brown is an American author born as Daniel Brown in Exeter, New Hampshire. His father was a teacher of mathematics and...
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