Dorothy Sayers
A scholar and a theologian, Dorothy L. Sayers is best known for her detective works and the creation of Lord Peter Wimsey, the star of 14 novels and short story collections.
Born on June 13, 1893, Sayers was raised at Oxford, where her father was the headmaster of Christ Church Cathedral School. She later attended Somerville College, Oxford on a scholarship, graduating with first class honors in modern languages. Following graduation, she worked for publishers and as a copywriter.
In 1923, she published her first novel, Whose Body, which began her crime-writing career. She wrote several novels until 1936 when she gave up crime writing and turned to writing plays, theological essays and articles, and translating Dante's work. She was also a popular lecturer who was known for relishing in a debate, winning them with her wit, good humor, and logic.
Several of her novels and plays have been made into movies starring Ian Carmichael or Edward Petherbridge.
She died in 1957 from heart failure.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Whose Body? |
Murder Must Advertise |
Clouds of Witness |
The Nine Tailos |
Unnatural Death |
Gaudy Night |
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club |
The Greatest Drama Ever Staged |
The Documents in the Case |
In the Teeth of Evidence |
Strong Poison |
Strong Meat |
Five Red Herrings |
Begin Here |
Have His Carcase |
Creed or Chaos |
Hangman's Holiday |
The Mind of the Maker |
