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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 Andreas Norman](images/writer/6199/wm_BR_63501dfb514e203cee5868c6834fdc78c65e5b2001aa6.jpg)
Norman, Andreas
1972 -
Author Andreas Norman’s mother is the social anthropologist Karin Norman, and his father the psychoanalyst Johan Norman. At f...
Further reading![Portrait image of Hannah Kent](images/writer/7132/63039ff3bf590769aa16c1ebb7d63d79681cf085b3a23.jpg)
Kent, Hannah
1985 -
The Australian author Hannah Kent looks back on an idyllic childhood in Adelaide Hills. Together with her little sister,...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Dexter, Colin](images/writer/393/393_20140120093241.jpg)
Dexter, Colin
1930 - 2017
The British crime writer Colin Dexter grew up in Stamford, Lincolnshire. After completing his military service in 1950, he...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Alvtegen, Karin](images/writer/2840/wm_BR_2840_20150421132421_Large.jpg)
Alvtegen, Karin
1965 -
Karin Alvtegen was born in Huskvarna in the Swedish province of Småland. Her parents were teachers. She specialised in ...
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