Dorothy Leigh Sayers was born in
Oxford. She spent most of her childhood in the Fens where her father took
over the living of Bluntisham Rectory, Cambridgeshire. At 14 she was send
to school where she spent an unhappy time. Later she studied at Oxford
where she enjoyed herself. In 1915 she came down from University with a
degree in languages and started to work for a publisher. In 1926 she married
Oswald Fleming, a journalist. They managed to stay together although it
was not an easy marriage.
Her famous creation is Lord Peter
Wimsey with his help Bunter.
