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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 Andrew H. Vachss](images/writer/1773/60994647e9a0738477ec0a689ae53f02d32d7a9239959.jpg)
Vachss, Andrew H.
1942 - 2021
Andrew Henry Vachss was an American author of crime fiction. He was born in Manhattan, New York, and grew up on Long...
Further reading![Portrait image of John P. Marquand](images/writer/2438/6220df0d03bc0ae36d5e63a1a269dbc40fca7b161ee9a.jpg)
Marquand, John P.
1893 - 1960
The American author John Phillips Marquand was born in Wilmington, Delaware. His parents were wealthy, but they lost their...
Further reading![Portrait of Thomas Harris](images/writer/3003/609a8bc7765e1c024059ceff2bf246a87b7bff90c840d.jpg)
Harris, Thomas
1940 -
American author who has become known for his thrillers with their atmosphere of horror about the doctor, psychopath and...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Robinson, Peter](images/writer/2993/wm_BR_2993_20160824153335_Large.jpg)
Robinson, Peter
1950 - 2022
Peter Robinson is a Canadian author born in Castleford, Yorkshire, England. He was a wayward teenager with little interest...
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