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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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Clancy, Tom
1947 - 2013
The American novelist Thomas Leo "Tom" Clancy, Jr. was born in Baltimore. His father worked for the United States Postal...
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Hancock, Anne Mette
1979 -
After having worked as a journalist and press & publicity manager, Danish Anne Mette Hancock made her international...
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Brown, Dan
1964 -
Dan Brown is an American author born as Daniel Brown in Exeter, New Hampshire. His father was a teacher of mathematics and...
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Wells, Carolyn
1862 - 1942
Carolyn Wells was a best-selling American author of children’s and young adult books and mystery stories in the early 1...
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