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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 Mick Herron](images/writer/6268/6197db65d7b5fcddbc73e16bb0bbccaaf68628c323047.jpg)
Herron, Mick
1963 -
The British crime writer Mick Herron was born and raised in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He read literature at Balliol College,...
Further reading![Portrait image of Frank Heller](images/writer/736/61926d2766f4b2bea843bf1d7f60586d50cc80f7d0f6d.jpg)
Heller, Frank
1886 - 1947
Frank Heller is a pseudonym used by the Swedish author Gunnar Serner who was among the most popular authors of light...
Further reading![Portrait of Jean-Patrick Manchette](images/writer/3469/60991ec0d6163b0d3438897a577ea3972886d0c6acb68.jpg)
Manchette, Jean-Patrick
1942 - 1995
Jean-Patrick Manchette was a French author credited for having revolutionised noir fiction in France. He was born in...
Further reading![Portrait image of Margery Allingham](images/writer/40/618cfefe3f6527cfd75e6bdf58ca749e8ed90535cccfe.jpg)
Allingham, Margery
1904 - 1966
English crime writer born in Ealing, London, as the daughter of Herbert John Allingham and his wife and cousin Emily Jane...
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