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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 Jason Goodwin](images/writer/4647/6075a88030eb2efe6f56f857bcc95b12e5032bc0c82d4.jpeg)
Goodwin, Jason
1964 -
Jason Goodwin is a British author and journalist. His mother, the bohemian author Jocasta Innes, and his father, the author...
Further reading![Portrait image of Leslie Thomas](images/writer/2396/6193e1b8ec9bf95978d311a1c85d5e378b889d1c35dcc.jpg)
Thomas, Leslie
1931 - 2014
The Welsh author Leslie Thomas was born in Newport, South Wales. He is one of the most popular British late 20th century...
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 ...
Further reading![Portrait image of Ira Levin](images/writer/1020/616708968ee75fcdefaea6826f509eed118623e4f8630.jpg)
Levin, Ira
1929 - 2007
The American novelist, playwright and scriptwriter Ira Levin was born in Bronx in New York; he was the only child in the...
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