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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 John Dickson Carr](images/writer/297/6298f94cdcb79375b44d784e03adc7bce9c91a8b93609.jpg)
Carr, John Dickson
1906 - 1977
American author of detective stories born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. His father was a criminal lawyer and politician who...
Further reading![Portrait image of Edmund Crispin](images/writer/360/6197c23140d1a642fcc468b291f2b5b25234cc58615bf.jpg)
Crispin, Edmund
1921 - 1978
Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym for Robert Bruce Montgomery, an English pianist and organist, composer and author of...
Further reading![Portrait image of Reginald Hill](images/writer/2758/2758_20150718122720_Large.jpg)
Hill, Reginald
1936 - 2012
The British author Reginald Charles Hill was born in West Hartlepool, Durham, but he moved with his family to Carlisle,...
Further reading![Portrait image of Julian Symons](images/writer/1681/619ae713cfd017e9ef0b30601d6d2aeaa1f7b18ee8a5c.jpg)
Symons, Julian
1912 - 1994
Julian Gustave Symons was a British author and critic born in London, where he spent part of his life. His mother was...
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