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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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James, Peter
1948 -
The British author and film producer Peter James was born in Hove and grew up in Brighton, Sussex. His British father, Jack...
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Nesbø, Jo
1960 -
The Norwegian, Jo Nesbø, is one of Norway’s most appreciated and successful crime writers. He was born in Oslo as Jon Ne...
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Schirach, Ferdinand von
1964 -
Ferdinand von Schirach is a German lawyer and author born in Munich to a wealthy Protestant family. He grew up in Munich...
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Parker, Robert B.
1932 - 2010
Robert Brown Parker was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, where his father was head of a telephone company. Parker...
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