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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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Lockridge, Richard
1898 - 1982
An American journalist and author, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, where he also grew up. After finishing school, he studied...
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Bernuth, Christa
1961 -
The German journalist and crime author Christa von Bernuth was born in Munich where she still lives. After attending...
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Wallace, Edgar
1875 - 1932
During his most productive period, the English author Edgar Wallace was one of the most popular authors in Europe....
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Brooks, Kevin
1959 -
Kevin Brooks was born in Exeter and has studied Philosophy and Psychology at Aston University in Birmingham and in London....
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