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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 Mankell, Henning](images/writer/1122/wm_BR_1122_20160427181840_Large.jpg)
Mankell, Henning
1948 - 2015
Henning Georg Mankell was a Swedish playwright and author. From the 1990s onwards, he won international renown for his...
Further reading![Portrait of Jonathan Kellerman](images/writer/915/609a9d409197ce7e737d4ed763f973967d7696d9a4912.jpg)
Kellerman, Jonathan
1949 -
Jonathan Kellerman is an American author of thrillers. He was born in New York where he attended the Yeshiva of Central...
Further reading![Portrait image of Anna Jansson](images/writer/3047/wm_BL_3047_20150909001212_Large.jpg)
Jansson, Anna
1958 -
The Swedish crime writer Anna Jansson was born in Visby on the island of Gotland. In 1979, she moved to Örebro where she ...
Further reading![Portrait image of Mika Waltari](images/writer/1826/62682debc2c1167de2f53fef44bd6fddb5103cd347fd9.jpg)
Waltari, Mika
1908 - 1979
The Finnish author Mika Waltari is considered one of the foremost Nordic authors of the 20th century. Many of his books are...
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