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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 Ani, Friedrich](images/writer/6082/wm_BR_6082_20140320100123_Large.jpg)
Ani, Friedrich
1959 -
Friedrich Ani was born in Kochel am See, Bavaria. His father was Syrian and his mother was born in Silesia. After...
Further reading![Portrait of Colin Forbes](images/writer/548/6098f7bf8593a699584dd731297cf55d21d2777243832.jpg)
Forbes, Colin
1923 - 2006
Colin Forbes is the pseudonym of the British author Raymond Harold Sawkins who was born in Hampstead, London. His first...
Further reading![Portrait of Daniel Woodrell](images/writer/3540/609a881674a8737703c3c9e825b886720445a80055bcd.jpg)
Woodrell, Daniel
1953 -
Daniell Woodrell is an American author born in Springfield, a town situated in the Missouri Ozarks, a plateau and mountain...
Further reading![Portrait of Jeffrey Archer](images/writer/85/6621b4583fca9b2e9a32302013707b333a3a3d935a47c.jpg)
Archer, Jeffrey
1940 -
Jeffrey Howard Archer is a British author, former politician and peer of the realm surrounded by scandal. His thrillers and...
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