-
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...
Sample of Authors
Holmén, Martin
1974 -
Swedish author and teacher, was born in Eskilstuna and grew up in Krogstorp outside Sölvesborg, where he attended school. ...
Further reading
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
Sundstøl, Vidar
1963 -
Vidar Sundstøl is a Norwegian author of crime fiction. He was born and raised at Vøllestad in the municipality of D...
Further reading
Bell, Josephine
1897 - 1987
Josephine Bell is the pseudonym of the British writer and physician Doris Bell Ball, the author of radio plays, serials, a...
Further reading