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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 Smirnoff, Karin](images/writer/7223/wm_BR_628766ab233da1af717e91e20c41fca9b45303cf80051.jpg)
Smirnoff, Karin
1964 -
Karin Smirnoff has the same name as August Strindberg’s daughter, dramatist and author Karin Smirnoff (1880-1973) who also w...
Further reading![Portrait image of Peter (f. 1947) Abrahams](images/writer/4469/619780930854dcf1b1bf7b4bd6991d74e43c84b17f8d3.jpg)
Abrahams, Peter (1947-)
1947 -
Peter Abrahams is an American author born in Boston, Massachusetts, where he also grew up. Summer holidays were spent in...
Further reading![Portrait image of Richard Osman](images/writer/7782/620143144e3cdc86a50c0e85a030c22b9d7343b33f0b7.jpg)
Osman, Richard
1970 -
Richard Osman is an English comedian, TV-personality and programme presenter who made his international writing...
Further reading![Portrait image of Daphne Du Maurier](images/writer/422/6197cac3e67140535ec9416b9017c3db36835e39e7782.jpg)
Du Maurier, Daphne
1907 - 1989
The British novelist and playwright Daphne du Maurier was born in London to parents who were both prominent actors; her...
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