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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 of Mario Puzo](images/writer/1409/609931b508fe965c1ece8a1e8a3c506bdf5d9c39d375e.jpg)
Puzo, Mario
1920 - 1999
Mario Gianluigi Puzo was an American author born in a slum known as Hell’s Kitchen on Manhattan, New York. His parents were b...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Mehlum, Jan](images/writer/6746/wm_BR_6746_20160316143904_Large.jpg)
Mehlum, Jan
1945 -
Jan Mehlum is a Norwegian author and sociologist born in Tønsberg, Vestfold county. He has worked in management and teacher ...
Further reading![Portrait of Joseph Wambaugh](images/writer/1828/609a4b9dac3b825b6f8ad85c4aa2f3a4664988f61498e.jpg)
Wambaugh, Joseph
1937 -
Joseph Aloysius Wambaugh, Jr. is an American author and former detective sergeant. He is best known for his police...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Wilson, Robert](images/writer/2985/wm_BR_2985_20160316150157_Large.jpg)
Wilson, Robert
1957 -
The crime novelist Robert Wilson was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire. His father was a Royal Airforce fighter pilot, and the...
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