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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 Lövestam, Sara](images/writer/5996/wm_BR_615b1005bcb0aa28da3776feb3d84390884ca99c3cfdb.jpg)
Lövestam, Sara
1980 -
The author, queer activist, radio presenter, linguist and language teacher Sara Maria Kristina Lövestam was born in ...
Further reading![Portrait of Peter Spiegelman](images/writer/4429/608a9eb4c08b309856a8ab8ea0694490c627c5e2c883c.jpg)
Spiegelman, Peter
1958 -
The American crime writer Peter Spiegelman was born in New York. He grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, and has lived there...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Dunant, Sarah](images/writer/2156/2156_20130815123818_Large.jpg)
Dunant, Sarah
1950 -
The writer, broadcaster and critic Sarah Dunant was born in London. She attended Godolphin and Latymer School and Newnham...
Further reading![Portrait of Daniel Woodrell](images/writer/3540/609a881674a8737703c3c9e825b886720445a80055bcd.jpg)
Woodrell, Daniel
1953 -
Daniell Woodrell is an American author born in Springfield, a town situated in the Missouri Ozarks, a plateau and mountain...
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