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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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Lillegraven, Ruth
1978 -
Norwegian poet, novelist and author of books for children, Ruth Lillegraven was born in Granvin in Hardanger, and grew up...
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Eriksson, Kjell
1953 -
The Swedish author and gardener Kjell Eriksson was born in Uppsala, Sweden and grew up in a working-class family on...
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Frimansson, Inger
1944 -
Inger Frimansson is a Swedish author born in Stockholm as Inger Wilén. Her father was an engineer. Frimansson passed her ...
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Fox, Candice
1985 -
Australian crime-fiction writer and teacher, born and raised in Bankstown, which is close to Sydney where she now lives....
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