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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 Wilson, Robert](images/writer/2985/wm_BR_2985_20160316150157_Large.jpg)
Wilson, Robert
1957 -
The crime novelist Robert Wilson was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire. His father was a Royal Airforce fighter pilot, and the...
Further reading![Portrait of Faye Kellerman](images/writer/2028/609a9bc358f77a63c690ee439101db25cf4949fc30113.jpg)
Kellerman, Faye
1952 -
The American crime novelist Faye Marder Kellerman was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She moved with her family to Sherman...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Dahl, Kjell Ola](images/writer/3329/wm_BR_3329_20160316131529_Large.jpg)
Dahl, Kjell Ola
1958 -
Kjell Ola Dahl is a Norwegian author and farmer born in Gjøvik, Oppland, north of Oslo. He grew up in Kristiansand, Oslo ...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Nesser, Håkan](images/writer/1240/wm_BR_5f68a2f5e5168c215ddc8c2f6bdc77055049ce52acf6b.jpg)
Nesser, Håkan
1950 -
Håkan Nesser was born in Elvesta Gård (manor) on the outskirts of Kumla. His father was a farmer, as were his family since t...
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