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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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Meyer, Deon
1958 -
Deon Meyer is something of a rarity in that he is a South African crime writer who has had his crime novels, written in...
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Turèll, Dan
1946 - 1993
Danish novelist and poet who was something as unusual as a well-respected and genuinely popular cultural figure. He was...
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Winslow, Don
1953 -
Don Winslow is an American novelist and former private investigator. He was born in New York. His father was a US Navy...
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Lindell, Unni
1957 -
Unni Maria Lindell is one of Norway’s most productive and best selling authors. Although she is best known for her crime n...
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