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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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Johnsrud, Ingar
1974 -
The Norwegian author and journalist Ingar Johnsrud was born in Oslo and grew up in the village of Holmestrand just outside...
Further reading![Portrait image of André Bjerke](images/writer/5925/621cec57647fa520419d900356c76c880faf7b0917d32.jpg)
Bjerke, André
1918 - 1985
André Bjerke was a prominent figure on the Norwegian culture scene in the 1990s. He was an authority on Norwegian post-war ...
Further reading![Portrait image of Diana Norman](images/writer/5308/630d0d0aad49aab428f70a227d8e042a1d49a1d71472e.jpg)
Norman, Diana
1933 - 2011
The British author and journalist Diana Norman has become known for her historical novels, some of which were published...
Further reading![Portrait of Kathy Reichs](images/writer/3923/609a493b4a985b69160ed162d6ca8f1ee0a2b3e5e2dc3.jpg)
Reichs, Kathy
1948 -
Kathleen Joan Reichs, better known as Kathy Reichs, is a prominent anthropologist and professor at the Department of...
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