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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 Johan Theorin](images/writer/4635/wm_BR_4635_20140210104321_Large.jpg)
Theorin, Johan
1963 -
Johan Theorin is a Swedish author and journalist. He was born in Gothenburg and grew up in Nora, where he moved with his...
Further reading![Portrait of Robert Ludlum](images/writer/1072/6099188709232d32fb2e8120e256df188046ecb6881c3.jpg)
Ludlum, Robert
1927 - 2001
The American thriller writer, theatre producer and actor Robert Ludlum were born in New York, but his family moved to New...
Further reading![Portrait of Sabine Deitmer](images/writer/3005/604fa6d584eec7ec956a28e10c5b5e4efa07d394baa38.jpg)
Deitmer, Sabine
1947 - 2020
The German author of crime novels Sabine Deitmar was born in Jena, Thüringen, and grew up in Düsseldorf. Deitmer became i...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Bernuth, Christa](images/writer/4444/wm_BR_4444_20140320101226_Large.jpg)
Bernuth, Christa
1961 -
The German journalist and crime author Christa von Bernuth was born in Munich where she still lives. After attending...
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