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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 Collins, Max Allan](images/writer/7050/5f91abda85bed63c8f348b7501f510689ef0b275130a4.jpg)
Collins, Max Allan
1948 -
A very productive American multitasker, known primarily as a crime author, born in Muscatine in Iowa. With the exception of...
Further reading![Portrait of Elizabeth George](images/writer/609/603e87b47c28d3a18fff5ec54db130b934b3170fa77ca.jpg)
George, Elizabeth
1949 -
Susan Elizabeth George was born in Warren, Ohio. Her family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1950, and Elizabeth...
Further reading![Portrait of Joe R. Lansdale](images/writer/2908/6093f80b34084f34b5ba537b7e2d7bee66388bc05f056.jpg)
Lansdale, Joe R.
1951 -
American author, combat athlete and self-defence expert, born and raised in Gladewater, Texas. The incredibly productive...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Harrison, Harry](images/writer/7527/614b2df6855a06f42a88433329380d806c8409f8b9852.jpg)
Harrison, Harry
1925 - 2012
The Irish-American author and illustrator Harry (Henry Maxwell) Harrison wrote virtually only science fiction and fantasy....
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