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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 Sébastien Japrisot](images/writer/848/6197e529cb89d0fa3ddb2fb428bfc6302c3fafd5d81ae.jpg)
Japrisot, Sébastien
1931 - 2003
Pseudonym for the French author, translator and filmmaker Jean-Baptiste Rossi who was born in Marseille to Italian parents....
Further reading![Portrait of Stella Rimington](images/writer/6007/609a506f343f51f817fbc5831a44ac8e8171d9613d4a0.jpg)
Rimington, Stella
1935 -
Dame Stella Rimington is a British author of spy novels. She is a former intelligence officer, she was the first female...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Sten, Viveca](images/writer/5606/wm_BR_5606_20150910004255_Large.jpg)
Sten, Viveca
1959 -
Viveca Bergstedt Sten grew up in Stockholm. She spent her summer breaks on the island of Sandhamn in the Stockholm...
Further reading![Portrait of Jeffrey Archer](images/writer/85/6621b4583fca9b2e9a32302013707b333a3a3d935a47c.jpg)
Archer, Jeffrey
1940 -
Jeffrey Howard Archer is a British author, former politician and peer of the realm surrounded by scandal. His thrillers and...
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