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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 Ellis Peters](images/writer/1362/60941c6d196e734ac85334d47d8654aa1a5ed6ca00f74.jpg)
Peters, Ellis
1913 - 1995
Because readers know the British author Edith Mary Pargeter both by her own and her pen name Ellis Peters, some of her...
Further reading![Portrait of Andrea Maria Schenkel](images/writer/5126/6037e6fddb3a4ad08e81f6abf66f2e6ad4c9aeb5490eb.jpg)
Schenkel, Andrea Maria
1962 -
The German author Andrea Maria Schenkel was born and raised in Regensburg. Her parents were civil servants. Her mother and,...
Further reading![Portrait image of Olivier Truc](images/writer/6719/wm_BR_6350337608fdce69bff48ec674196308bc81255ad254f.jpg)
Truc, Olivier
1964 -
The French author Olivier Truc is a journalist and war correspondent. Truc has been working for Le Monde in Scandinavia and...
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...
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