Dorothy L. Sayers

English novelist, translator and Christian writer (1893–1957)

Dorothy Leigh Sayers ( SAIRZ; 13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was an English crime novelist, playwright, translator and critic. Born in Oxford, Sayers was brought up in rural East Anglia and educated at Godolphin School in Salisbury and Somerville College, Oxford, graduating with first-class honours in medieval French. She worked as an advertising copywriter between 1922 and 1929 before success as an author brought her financial independence.

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