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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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![Författarporträtt av Trosell, Aino](images/writer/1753/wm_BR_1753_20131028094858_Large.jpg)
Trosell, Aino
1949 -
Trosell is a Swedish writer, born in the town of Malung where she grew up in a blue-collar family. In 1967, Aino Trosell...
Further reading![Portrait image of Ian Fleming](images/writer/538/6197ccbd432d20f8cd3bd9e8dc1e3a86eb3a77efc78cd.jpg)
Fleming, Ian
1908 - 1964
Ian Lancaster Fleming was an English author and journalist born in London. He created James Bond, code name 007 – one of t...
Further reading![Portrait image of Michael Gilbert](images/writer/2959/61979a40010c03a4494ccde46f2ce6bda22dc91a9c17c.jpg)
Gilbert, Michael
1912 - 2006
Michael Francis Gilbert was a British author of mystery stories and thrillers. He was born in Billinghay, Lincolnshire, and...
Further reading![Författarporträtt av Roslund, Anders](images/writer/4129/wm_BL_59d3639461a3b51c80456a07bbfe2767993ef51f62a54.jpg)
Roslund, Anders
1961 -
Nils Anders Micael Roslund grew up in the county of Scania, Sweden. He lived from time to time at the home of his...
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