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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 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 image of Sara Blædel](images/writer/4771/6220c91a1bdb97127328bc5e00834b4044b7e3803ab29.jpg)
Blædel, Sara
1964 -
The Danish journalist and author Sara Blædel spent her early life in the Copenhagen district of Østerbro. When she was a...
Further reading![Portrait of Mo Hayder](images/writer/6003/609a9225eb8a7a596ab95a885bd09fcad18bc313200bf.jpg)
Hayder, Mo
1962 - 2021
The British thriller writer Mo Hayder, pen name for Clare Dunkel, grew up in Essex. She revolted against her academic...
Further reading![Portrait image of Reginald Hill](images/writer/2758/2758_20150718122720_Large.jpg)
Hill, Reginald
1936 - 2012
The British author Reginald Charles Hill was born in West Hartlepool, Durham, but he moved with his family to Carlisle,...
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