Meny
  • 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...

    Further reading

Sample of Authors

Portrait of James Runcie

Runcie, James
1959 -

James Robert Runcie is an author, documentary film maker, television producer and playwright. He was born in Cambridge and...

Further reading
Portrait of Laurie R. King

King, Laurie R.
1952 -

American author and theologian, born as Laurie Richardson in Oakland, California. The family moved several times within the...

Further reading
Författarporträtt av Tursten, Helene

Tursten, Helene
1954 -

Helene Tursten was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. It is also the setting she has chosen for Detective Inspector Irene Huss....

Further reading
Författarporträtt av Engberg, Katrine

Engberg, Katrine
1975 -

Katrine Engberg was born in Copenhagen where she also grew up in a cultural academic family. She trained to be a dancer and...

Further reading