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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 Ruth Rendell](images/writer/1427/662a79a13322a942ac43748b9083332fed17464d2a259.jpg)
Rendell, Ruth
1930 - 2015
The British crime writer Ruth Rendell was born in London as Ruth Barbara Graseman. Her mother was of Scandinavian origin...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Futrelle, Jacques](images/writer/5520/5520.jpg)
Futrelle, Jacques
1875 - 1912
The American journalist and author Jacques Heath Futrelle made sure there was room for his wife in a lifeboat before he...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Dunant, Sarah](images/writer/2156/2156_20130815123818_Large.jpg)
Dunant, Sarah
1950 -
The writer, broadcaster and critic Sarah Dunant was born in London. She attended Godolphin and Latymer School and Newnham...
Further reading![Portrait of Andrew Taylor](images/writer/3952/609425a9653712d263e8f95ec91c19f89c16025c7fedc.jpg)
Taylor, Andrew
1951 -
The British author Andrew John Robert Taylor was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire and grew up in East Anglia. He attended...
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