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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 Daniel Woodrell](images/writer/3540/609a881674a8737703c3c9e825b886720445a80055bcd.jpg)
Woodrell, Daniel
1953 -
Daniell Woodrell is an American author born in Springfield, a town situated in the Missouri Ozarks, a plateau and mountain...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Frimansson, Inger](images/writer/575/wm_BR_5bbf04da0837a3a785fe249bdd70445cf05c5fcc3ece2.jpg)
Frimansson, Inger
1944 -
Inger Frimansson is a Swedish author born in Stockholm as Inger Wilén. Her father was an engineer. Frimansson passed her ...
Further reading![Portrait of James Runcie](images/writer/6910/609a865e9663069c740c8b1250023637b704a128b1afd.jpg)
Runcie, James
1959 -
James Robert Runcie is an author, documentary film maker, television producer and playwright. He was born in Cambridge and...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Claudel, Philippe](images/writer/4485/5f919eb6ca2661b9450c7ef0521ff968dfacb46d1f96c.jpg)
Claudel, Philippe
1962 -
French author and film director born in Dombasle-sur-Meurthe near Nancy where he still lives together with his wife and...
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