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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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Freemantle, Brian
1936 -
Brian Harry Freemantle is a British writer and journalist. He was born in Southampton, Hampshire, where he attended...
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Harrison, Harry
1925 - 2012
The Irish-American author and illustrator Harry (Henry Maxwell) Harrison wrote virtually only science fiction and fantasy....
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Chandler, Raymond
1888 - 1959
American detective writer, born in Chicago. He spent his early childhood in Wyoming and Nebraska. His parents divorced when...
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Creasey, John
1908 - 1973
The British author John Creasey has been described as a productive literary phenomenon. According to the experts, around...
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