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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 Martin Holmén](images/writer/6297/6220da7f95eca951e98c129cd94fcb16d225134070d33.jpg)
Holmén, Martin
1974 -
Swedish author and teacher, was born in Eskilstuna and grew up in Krogstorp outside Sölvesborg, where he attended school. ...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Goodis, David](images/writer/7872/6308bb5e0d77d8139a745d06ccb67fe11418d0a49f916.jpg)
Goodis, David
1917 - 1967
The American author David Goodis is ranked as one of the greatest names in ‘noir’ literature, and some of his novels have bee...
Further reading![Portrait of Stella Rimington](images/writer/6007/609a506f343f51f817fbc5831a44ac8e8171d9613d4a0.jpg)
Rimington, Stella
1935 -
Dame Stella Rimington is a British author of spy novels. She is a former intelligence officer, she was the first female...
Further reading![Portrait image of Mika Waltari](images/writer/1826/62682debc2c1167de2f53fef44bd6fddb5103cd347fd9.jpg)
Waltari, Mika
1908 - 1979
The Finnish author Mika Waltari is considered one of the foremost Nordic authors of the 20th century. Many of his books are...
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