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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 John Hart](images/writer/4963/6197da883431d4d1da63087d255c7be782701cda8703a.jpg)
Hart, John
1965 -
John Hart is considered to be one of the great names in American crime fiction during the 21st century. All of his books...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Rönkä, Matti](images/writer/4689/wm_BR_4689_20150323174726_Large.jpg)
Rönkä, Matti
1959 -
The Finnish journalist and novelist Matti Rönkä was born and raised in Kuusjärvi – today part of Outokumpu– near the Russia...
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 of John D. MacDonald](images/writer/2981/609937feaf107a24e2537f9e6b9542cf96fc882a4f535.jpg)
MacDonald, John D.
1916 - 1986
The American author John Dann MacDonald was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania. His father (who was of Scottish ancestry) pursued...
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