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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 Michael Bond

Bond, Michael
1926 - 2017

The British author Thomas Michael Bond was born in Newbury, Berkshire, England. He attended Presentation College, Reading....

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Portrait of Jack O'Connell

O'Connell, Jack
1959 -

Jack O’Connell is an American teacher and author known for his noir fantasy Quinsigamond novels. He was born in Worcester, M...

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Författarporträtt av Rivas, Manuel

Rivas, Manuel
1957 -

Manuel Rivas is a Spanish novelist, poet, essayist, playwright and journalist born in La Coruña, Galicia in northwest ...

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Författarporträtt av Mosley, Walter

Mosley, Walter
1952 -

American author, born in the tough and run-down South Central district in Los Angeles. His mother had a Russian-Jewish...

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