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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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Harris, Thomas
1940 -
American author who has become known for his thrillers with their atmosphere of horror about the doctor, psychopath and...
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Grebe, Camilla
1968 -
The Swedish writer, Camilla Grebe (born Eriksson), has written a series of crime novels, both herself and in collaboration...
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O'Brien, Maureen
1943 -
Maureen O’Brien is an English actress and author from Merseyside, United Kingdom. She was born in Liverpool, where she l...
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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...
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