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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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Grisham, John
1955 -
American author, lawyer and politician born in Jonesboro, Arkansas. His father was a construction worker who travelled...
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Piglia, Ricardo
1941 - 2017
Argentinian novelist, critic, essayist and university lecturer born in the city of Adrogué 200 kilometres south of Buenos ...
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Robotham, Michael
1960 -
Michael Robotham is an Australian author of crime novels and a ghost writer. He was born in Casino, New South Wales,...
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Woodrell, Daniel
1953 -
Daniell Woodrell is an American author born in Springfield, a town situated in the Missouri Ozarks, a plateau and mountain...
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