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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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Caspary, Vera
1899 - 1987

The American author Vera Caspary spent a great deal of time and effort writing her popular screen and stage plays, but she...

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Portrait of Peter May

May, Peter
1951 -

Writer of crime novels and TV manuscripts who has received many prizes. He was born in Glasgow in Scotland, but has lived...

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Queen, Ellery
Pseudonym

Ellery Queen is a pen name shared by Frederic Dannay, born Daniel Nathan, and Manfred B. (Bennington) Lee, born Manford...

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Holmén, Martin
1974 -

Swedish author and teacher, was born in Eskilstuna and grew up in Krogstorp outside Sölvesborg, where he attended school. ...

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