biography
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Sayers, Dorothy L(eigh)
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| female
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| lived:
| (1893–1957)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, SC England, UK. She studied at Oxford, and became a celebrated writer of detective stories. Beginning with Whose Body? (1923) and Clouds of Witness (1926), she related the adventures of her hero Lord Peter Wimsey in various accurately observed milieux - such as advertising in Murder Must Advertise (1933) and bell-ringing in The Nine Tailors (1934). She then earned a reputation as a leading Christian apologist with her plays, radio broadcasts, and essays. |
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