From 1920 to 2023, classic crime at its best
She brought to the detective novel originality, intelligence, energy and wit. P. D. James D. L. Sayers is one of the best detective story writers. E. C. Bentley, Daily Telegraph I admire her novels ... she has great fertility of invention, ingenuity and a wonderful eye for detail Ruth Rendell
Dorothy L Sayers was born in Oxford in 1893, and was both a classical scholar and a graduate in modern languages. As well as her popular Lord Peter Wimsey series, she wrote several religious plays, but considered her translations of Dante's Divina Commedia to be her best work. She died in 1957.