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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 Alice LaPlante](images/writer/5453/61672782a4d495a9188bc02df17cd6c58d3b48c5f7302.jpg)
LaPlante, Alice
1958 -
American author, journalist and teacher, who has written technical books in different subjects as well as psychological...
Further reading![Portrait image of Carl-Johan Vallgren](images/writer/1776/wm_BR_664f2f759cb40690b884484d5ddc3eb23551ac2a83f5c.jpg)
Vallgren, Carl-Johan
1964 -
Carl-Johan Emanuel Vallgren has never been sure about whether he should focus on music or on writing. He studied music and...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Bloch, Robert](images/writer/4403/5f88904b3867f724fa9c66a04319b100208f0d5aa92bf.jpg)
Bloch, Robert
1917 - 1994
Robert Albert Bloch was born in Chicago. He moved with his family to Milwaukee in Wisconsin when he was ten years old. His...
Further reading![Portrait of Patricia Moyes](images/writer/2789/609a9664e1b76895b1c2ea0eb5ae498f9346172252fe2.jpg)
Moyes, Patricia
1923 - 2000
Patricia Moyes was born Patricia Pakenham-Walsh in Dublin, Ireland. She was educated at Overstone School in Northampton...
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