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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 Alice LaPlante](images/writer/5453/61672782a4d495a9188bc02df17cd6c58d3b48c5f7302.jpg)
LaPlante, Alice
1958 -
American author, journalist and teacher, who has written technical books in different subjects as well as psychological...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Lönnaeus, Olle](images/writer/5659/wm_BR_5bbf53f15922ab1dd57cca76d070c3a5d76c50c08c0d6.jpg)
Lönnaeus, Olle
1957 -
The journalist and author Olof "Olle" Lönnaeus was born in Tomelilla, Southeast Scania. After completing upper-secondary ...
Further reading![Portrait image of Nicci French](images/writer/3181/6197d68316ef47506b82a3899e7d4a27f07f84c5ff55f.jpg)
French, Nicci
1958 -
Nicci French is the pseudonym of the husband-and-wife team Nicci Gerrard (born 1958) and Sean French (born 1959). They are...
Further reading![Portrait image of Patrícia Melo](images/writer/3472/617a75a668274a4384de4c0fb7d5be18e6b4a9262dfdc.jpg)
Melo, Patrícia
1962 -
The Brazilian dramaturge, journalist and author Patrícia Melo is an internationally renowned member of a generation of ...
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