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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 Fulton Oursler](images/writer/7097/6193e61d11356a43b039a18d5a459e78cee471e75086c.jpg)
Oursler, Fulton
1893 - 1952
The American author, playwright and magazine editor Fulton Oursler was born in Baltimore in a poor middle-class family. He...
Further reading![Portrait image of Ellery Queen](images/writer/1413/619ae052a8b563721aadb32c381cad26afb64b7e15b1d.jpg)
Queen, Ellery
Pseudonym
Ellery Queen is a pen name shared by Frederic Dannay, born Daniel Nathan, and Manfred B. (Bennington) Lee, born Manford...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Hedström, Ingrid](images/writer/4989/wm_BR_4989_20141007131041_Large.jpg)
Hedström, Ingrid
1949 -
TThe Swedish journalist and author Ingrid Hedström were born in Söderhamn in the central Swedish province of Hälsingland, an...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Persson Giolito, Malin](images/writer/5105/wm_BR_5105_20160929012052_Large.jpg)
Persson Giolito, Malin
1969 -
When Malin Persson Giolito was still called only Persson, she grew up in Djursholm, Stockholm. Her mother, who was the...
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