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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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Cash, Wiley
1977 -
Wiley Cash is an American crime writer. His first two novels went on to become bestsellers with a general appeal. He was...
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Runcie, James
1959 -
James Robert Runcie is an author, documentary film maker, television producer and playwright. He was born in Cambridge and...
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Cook, Robin (1940-)
1940 -
American doctor, businessman and author, who has written a long row of thriller-like medical crime novels, many of which...
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Glauser, Friedrich
1896 - 1938
The Swiss author Friedrich Glauser was born in Vienna. His mother was Austrian and his father was from Switzerland....
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