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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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![Författarporträtt av Keeler, Harry Stephen](images/writer/6915/6915_20161225084528_Large.jpg)
Keeler, Harry Stephen
1890 - 1967
The American author Harry Stephen Keeler was one of a kind. He wrote some seventy novels that are a blend of crime fiction,...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Rinehart, Mary Roberts](images/writer/4982/4982_20160426070056_Large.jpg)
Rinehart, Mary Roberts
1876 - 1958
Mary Roberts Rinehart was an American author. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, today part of Pittsburgh. Her...
Further reading![Portrait of Louise Penny](images/writer/6113/60992050686647e665e9d8689a4e8a4caeb9efe53d453.jpg)
Penny, Louise
1958 -
The Canadian author, Louise Penny, grew up in Toronto. She studied Journalism and worked as a TV and radio producer. She...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Krabbé, Tim](images/writer/960/wm_BL_960_20161205103011_Large.jpg)
Krabbé, Tim
1943 -
Hans Maarten Timotheus Krabbé was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where he still lives. His father, Maarten Krabbé, and h...
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