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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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![Portrait image of Ira Levin](images/writer/1020/616708968ee75fcdefaea6826f509eed118623e4f8630.jpg)
Levin, Ira
1929 - 2007
The American novelist, playwright and scriptwriter Ira Levin was born in Bronx in New York; he was the only child in the...
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Niemi, Mikael
1959 -
Swedish author, born and raised in Pajala in Tornedalen, near the Finnish border. His grandmother was Saami and his father...
Further reading![Portrait image of Paul Rosenhayn](images/writer/6483/6315c8856aa54ddd7d1feb73ed72e8d8ab9d8206fb56e.jpg)
Rosenhayn, Paul
1877 - 1929
German journalist and internationally acclaimed author of detective stories, best known for his more than forty...
Further reading![Portrait image of Gavin Lyall](images/writer/6783/619ad6f7692a8f7d30900d5f6fdfa3b42fce0da47843e.jpg)
Lyall, Gavin
1932 - 2003
Gavin Tudor Lyall was a British author of espionage thrillers. He was born in Birmingham, England, where he attended the...
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