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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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![Portrait image of Denise Mina](images/writer/3125/wm_BR_654a62b18f83ca4e299685c44447e49177333172d4718.jpg)
Mina, Denise
1966 -
Denise Mina is a Scottish lawyer and author of crime novels. She was born in East Kilbride, Glasgow. Her father was an oil...
Further reading![Portrait of Marcello Fois](images/writer/2929/60749b2390224252a5d2f26960fbc923595fe2d30fcf3.jpg)
Fois, Marcello
1960 -
Marcello Fois is an Italian author and playwright born in Nuoro, Sardinia. He grew up on the island and later attended the...
Further reading![Portrait of James Runcie](images/writer/6910/609a865e9663069c740c8b1250023637b704a128b1afd.jpg)
Runcie, James
1959 -
James Robert Runcie is an author, documentary film maker, television producer and playwright. He was born in Cambridge and...
Further reading![Portrait of Alistair MacLean](images/writer/1103/609939c37c4e6c703296c2c2c1b23cfd15fd0e77bd186.jpg)
MacLean, Alistair
1922 - 1987
The Scottish author Alistair Stuart MacLean was born in Shettleston, Glasgow, in a Gaelic-speaking family as Alasdair...
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