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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 image of Richard Osman](images/writer/7782/620143144e3cdc86a50c0e85a030c22b9d7343b33f0b7.jpg)
Osman, Richard
1970 -
Richard Osman is an English comedian, TV-personality and programme presenter who made his international writing...
Further reading![Portrait of Stuart MacBride](images/writer/4714/609919f08094ee72fe811ba95896730d585e5e293b0be.jpg)
MacBride, Stuart
1969 -
Stuart MacBride is a Scottish author of crime fiction. He was born in Dumbarton near Glasgow and grew up in Aberdeen where...
Further reading![Portrait of George P. Pelecanos](images/writer/3332/6099253934dd9da2d9241e60d4c55756502b798761af2.jpg)
Pelecanos, George P.
1957 -
The American author George Peter Pelecanos was born in Washington D.C. to Greek-American parents. The family moved to...
Further reading![Portrait of Faye Kellerman](images/writer/2028/609a9bc358f77a63c690ee439101db25cf4949fc30113.jpg)
Kellerman, Faye
1952 -
The American crime novelist Faye Marder Kellerman was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She moved with her family to Sherman...
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