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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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![Författarporträtt av Camilleri, Andrea](images/writer/2816/5f88d2a5de6765d4a5061aeab5103a1bdcdf5aeeb2a60.jpg)
Camilleri, Andrea
1925 - 2019
Italian author and theatre/film producer, born in the industrial town Porto Empedocle in Agrigento province on the south...
Further reading![Portrait of T. Jefferson Parker](images/writer/3048/60903fffaada074f45ed4aeeb8f3e7f90313623e4142b.jpg)
Parker, T. Jefferson
1953 -
T. Jefferson "Jeff" Parker is an American author of police procedural novels. He grew up in Orange County, mainly in the...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av James, Peter](images/writer/4773/wm_BR_4773_20130821153921_Large.jpg)
James, Peter
1948 -
The British author and film producer Peter James was born in Hove and grew up in Brighton, Sussex. His British father, Jack...
Further reading![Portrait of Nevada Barr](images/writer/6595/60747af350c867d9ab9ed5541b2f5bc81b5d2b98ff1c9.jpg)
Barr, Nevada
1952 -
Nevada Barr is an author and artist born in Yerington, Nevada. In 1954, she moved with her family to Susanville in...
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