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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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Brodrick, William
1960 -
The British crime writer William Brodrick was born in Bolton, Lancashire, but when he was eleven years old the family...
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MacBride, Stuart
1969 -
Stuart MacBride is a Scottish author of crime fiction. He was born in Dumbarton near Glasgow and grew up in Aberdeen where...
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Hancock, Anne Mette
1979 -
After having worked as a journalist and press & publicity manager, Danish Anne Mette Hancock made her international...
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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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