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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 Mosley, Walter](images/writer/1208/wm_BR_1208_20150629233448_Large.jpg)
Mosley, Walter
1952 -
American author, born in the tough and run-down South Central district in Los Angeles. His mother had a Russian-Jewish...
Further reading![Portrait of Andrew H. Vachss](images/writer/1773/60994647e9a0738477ec0a689ae53f02d32d7a9239959.jpg)
Vachss, Andrew H.
1942 - 2021
Andrew Henry Vachss was an American author of crime fiction. He was born in Manhattan, New York, and grew up on Long...
Further reading![Portrait of Lin Anderson](images/writer/5364/5f5f2d3092fa69caef80d56307d14e04caf3cfa4d1709.jpg)
Anderson, Lin
1951 -
Lin (Linda) Anderson was born in Greenock, western Scotland. Her parents were of Scottish and Irish descent. Her father was...
Further reading![Portrait of Marcello Fois](images/writer/2929/60749b2390224252a5d2f26960fbc923595fe2d30fcf3.jpg)
Fois, Marcello
1960 -
Marcello Fois is an Italian author and playwright born in Nuoro, Sardinia. He grew up on the island and later attended the...
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