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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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It is 159 years today since William Butler Yeats was born.
William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin to an Anglo-Irish family, but he spent most of his life in England and France. His father was a successful portrait painter, and the young Yeats intended to follow in his footsteps. He attended the School of Art in Dublin, but after three years he abandoned art for literature.
He published his first poetry collection, The Wanderings of Oisin and Other...
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![Portrait of Hillary Waugh](images/writer/2988/609934cfe24bca0fb6e0eef5f10f764796d993b0a415c.jpg)
Waugh, Hillary
1920 - 2008
The American mystery novelist Hillary Baldwin Waugh was born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut. He attended Hillhouse...
Further reading![Portrait of James Crumley](images/writer/5220/609a4db4281bdb4e272e8c4e3b342920f0467db8d1ab7.jpg)
Crumley, James
1939 - 2008
The American author and teacher James Arthur Crumley never reached bestseller status. However, he was instrumental in the...
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![Portrait of Michael Robotham](images/writer/4682/609a51ac0fe18181efe3ec688cd56505d7473a5018647.jpg)
Robotham, Michael
1960 -
Michael Robotham is an Australian author of crime novels and a ghost writer. He was born in Casino, New South Wales,...
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