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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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Verdon, John
1942 -
John Verdon is an American crime writer, born in Bronx, New York. He was educated at Regis High School and Fordham...
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Lövestam, Sara
1980 -
The author, queer activist, radio presenter, linguist and language teacher Sara Maria Kristina Lövestam was born in ...
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Henry, O.
1862 - 1910
O. Henry was born as William Sidney Porter in Greensboro, North Carolina. He later changed the spelling of his middle name...
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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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