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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 Persson, Leif G.W.](images/writer/1360/wm_BR_1360_20160419104604_Large.jpg)
Persson, Leif G.W.
1945 -
Leif Gustav Willy Persson is a Swedish author and criminologist who previously worked for the Swedish Police and the...
Further reading![Portrait image of Leena Lehtolainen](images/writer/3099/3099.jpg)
Lehtolainen, Leena
1964 -
Leena Katriina Lehtolainen is a Finnish author. She was born in Vesanto and grew up in Outokumpu, Northern Karelia....
Further reading![Portrait image of Léo Malet](images/writer/3601/619adc15136f8ef5f4ad4ed0daf0ed4f1bd4bce303cd5.jpg)
Malet, Léo
1909 - 1996
French author born as Léon Malet in Montpellier. Having lost his parents when he was four years old, he was raised by his ...
Further reading![Portrait image of Deon Meyer](images/writer/5568/wm_BR_635017fb582c62d5be1930063f793916cceaaf8dd404e.jpg)
Meyer, Deon
1958 -
Deon Meyer is something of a rarity in that he is a South African crime writer who has had his crime novels, written in...
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