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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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![Författarporträtt av Fitzek, Sebastian](images/writer/6846/wm_BR_6846_20160404182225_Large.jpg)
Fitzek, Sebastian
1971 -
The German author and game constructor Sebastian Fitzek was born in Berlin. After studying at Charlottenburger...
Further reading![Portrait of Mario Puzo](images/writer/1409/609931b508fe965c1ece8a1e8a3c506bdf5d9c39d375e.jpg)
Puzo, Mario
1920 - 1999
Mario Gianluigi Puzo was an American author born in a slum known as Hell’s Kitchen on Manhattan, New York. His parents were b...
Further reading![Portrait of Sophie Hannah](images/writer/6026/607705d84b01c073cedbefe255c21939ed2b5b39ce618.jpg)
Hannah, Sophie
1971 -
The British poet and novelist Sophie Hannah was born and raised in Manchester. She grew up with her younger sister in a...
Further reading![Portrait image of Denise Mina](images/writer/3125/wm_BR_654a62b18f83ca4e299685c44447e49177333172d4718.jpg)
Mina, Denise
1966 -
Denise Mina is a Scottish lawyer and author of crime novels. She was born in East Kilbride, Glasgow. Her father was an oil...
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