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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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Melo, Patrícia
1962 -
The Brazilian dramaturge, journalist and author Patrícia Melo is an internationally renowned member of a generation of ...
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Leon, Donna
1942 -
The American crime writer Donna Leon was born in Montclaire, New Jersey. At the age of twenty-three, she published her...
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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The withdrawn British novelist and playwright Caroline Graham is best known for her seven police novels about Detective...
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Fitzek, Sebastian
1971 -
The German author and game constructor Sebastian Fitzek was born in Berlin. After studying at Charlottenburger...
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