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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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Marquand, John P.
1893 - 1960
The American author John Phillips Marquand was born in Wilmington, Delaware. His parents were wealthy, but they lost their...
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Cleeves, Ann
1954 -
The British crime writer Ann Cleeves grew up in Herefordshire and North Devon, England. Her father was a teacher. After...
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De la Motte, Anders
1971 -
The Swedish author, and former police officer and security director, Anders de la Motte was born in Billesholm in...
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Roberts, Nora
1950 -
The American author Nora Roberts was born as Eleanor Marie Robertson in Silver Spring, Maryland. She grew up as the only...
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