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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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Harper, Jane
1980 -
Jane Harper was born in Manchester, England. When she was eight years old she moved with her family to Australia. For six...
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Graham, Caroline
1931 -
The withdrawn British novelist and playwright Caroline Graham is best known for her seven police novels about Detective...
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Lansdale, Joe R.
1951 -
American author, combat athlete and self-defence expert, born and raised in Gladewater, Texas. The incredibly productive...
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Unsworth, Barry
1930 - 2012
The British author Barry Unsworth was born to a family of miners in County Durham, northeast England. They moved away from...
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