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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 Iain Pears](images/writer/2579/609aaacbdccf4480d4cc0bb1224f175ea9f96f9c7e952.jpg)
Pears, Iain
1955 -
Iain Pears is a British author, art historian and journalist. He was born in Coventry where his father was a company...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Egholm, Elsebeth](images/writer/4770/wm_BR_4770_20160114151954_Large.jpg)
Egholm, Elsebeth
1960 -
The Danish author Elsebeth Egholm was born in Nyborg and grew up in Lisbjerg. Her parents owned a garden centre and rented...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Bolton, Sharon](images/writer/5352/wm_BR_5352_20160824134835_Large.jpg)
Bolton, Sharon
1960 -
The English author Sharon Bolton was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, as the oldest of three girls. She grew up in Darwen and...
Further reading![Portrait image of Jan Guillou](images/writer/661/wm_BR_62e3d8fe4bc88bfb01c5709382cf4e2a8daf0e2dea531.jpg)
Guillou, Jan
1944 -
Swedish author and journalist, who was born in Södertälje and grew up in Saltsjöbaden. Jan Guillou, who has French ancestry (...
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