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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 Slaughter, Karin](images/writer/6804/wm_BR_6804_20160316144152_Large.jpg)
Slaughter, Karin
1971 -
The American author Karin Slaughter was born and raised in Jonesboro, a small town near Atlanta, Georgia where her father...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Kallifatides, Theodor](images/writer/899/wm_BR_5a3a4d0f22d8b4b5bd4022376cc38b40bfe74f42bdea8.jpg)
Kallifatides, Theodor
1938 -
Theodor Kallifatides was born in the village of Molaoi in the Peloponnese in Greece. His father was an elementary school...
Further reading![Portrait of Wiley Cash](images/writer/6446/6633b6f948a75e13f88454cce1542f64a1a96087e3a69.jpg)
Cash, Wiley
1977 -
Wiley Cash is an American crime writer. His first two novels went on to become bestsellers with a general appeal. He was...
Further reading![Portrait of Martin Suter](images/writer/6074/605358b5f3eed5817605936aa7772bdd3cb9388dc6791.jpg)
Suter, Martin
1948 -
The Swiss author Martin Suter was born and raised in Zurich. He began to write early, decided to make writing his...
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