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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 Robert Harris](images/writer/3433/662a7462ec295abcadf29880aeaa2ccf66421e440b262.jpg)
Harris, Robert
1957 -
Robert Dennis Harris is a British author born in Nottingham where his father worked at a printing plant. When he was very...
Further reading![Portrait of Robert Ludlum](images/writer/1072/6099188709232d32fb2e8120e256df188046ecb6881c3.jpg)
Ludlum, Robert
1927 - 2001
The American thriller writer, theatre producer and actor Robert Ludlum were born in New York, but his family moved to New...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Crichton, Michael](images/writer/359/5f91febb5bc59a13ea4a0698e3a2ae52b7873e7c5ed93.jpg)
Crichton, Michael
1942 - 2008
The American author, physician, director and teacher John Michael Crichton was a remarkable person for several reasons: he...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Davidsen, Leif](images/writer/379/wm_BR_379_20160114151336_Large.jpg)
Davidsen, Leif
1950 -
Leif Davidsen in a Danish author and journalist born in Otterup on northern Funen. He grew up there and in the neighbouring...
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