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Fact File
| Name:
Dorothy L. Sayers
Also Known As:
Dorothy Leigh Sayers (full name)
Date of Birth:
June 13, 1893
Place of Birth:
Oxford, England
Date of Death:
December 17, 1957
| | Education:
B.A., Oxford University, 1915; M.A., B.C.L., 1920
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Harriet Vane Appears
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| | Strong Poison
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Dorothy L. Sayers
In her fifth novel, Sayers introduced Harriet Vane, a mystery writer who ends up accused of murder. Lord Peter sets out not only to clear her name, but to marry her; the pair appears in three subsequent novels as a crime-solving couple.
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| | The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers, 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist
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Dorothy L. Sayers, Barbara Reynolds (Editor), P. D. James (Introduction)
Those interested in Sayers' colorful background will want to read this volume of letters spanning the author's childhood and development as a writer -- with a secret birth, work at an ad agency, and marriage along the way. Also, consider her theological writings on Christianity.
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