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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 of Peter Spiegelman](images/writer/4429/608a9eb4c08b309856a8ab8ea0694490c627c5e2c883c.jpg)
Spiegelman, Peter
1958 -
The American crime writer Peter Spiegelman was born in New York. He grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, and has lived there...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av James, Peter](images/writer/4773/wm_BR_4773_20130821153921_Large.jpg)
James, Peter
1948 -
The British author and film producer Peter James was born in Hove and grew up in Brighton, Sussex. His British father, Jack...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Hedström, Ingrid](images/writer/4989/wm_BR_4989_20141007131041_Large.jpg)
Hedström, Ingrid
1949 -
TThe Swedish journalist and author Ingrid Hedström were born in Söderhamn in the central Swedish province of Hälsingland, an...
Further reading![Portrait image of Alexander McCall Smith](images/writer/3910/wm_BR_3910_20160205111455_Large.jpg)
McCall Smith, Alexander
1948 -
The British author Alexander McCall Smith – called Sandy by family and friends – was born in Bulawayo in the then British col...
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