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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 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 Lapidus, Jens](images/writer/4553/wm_BL_4553_20160824145316_Large.jpg)
Lapidus, Jens
1974 -
Jens Lapidus grew up on the outskirts of Stockholm. His mother was a social worker and his father a journalist who, among...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Whitehead, Colson](images/writer/6962/wm_BR_59c22ff4f3995a03158d2b326a2934262a7ebc6d4d35f.jpg)
Whitehead, Colson
1969 -
American writer Art Colson Chipp Whitehead spent his early years at 139th Riverside in Harlem, a tough place by his...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Carofiglio, Gianrico](images/writer/5268/wm_BL_5268_20160404180350_Large.jpg)
Carofiglio, Gianrico
1961 -
Gianrico Carofiglio is an Italian novelist and former judge born and raised in Bari, Apulia. After having passed his law...
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