![]() ![]() Disliking the routine and seclusion of academic life she joined Blackwell’s, the Oxford publishers, worked with her Oxford friend Eric Whelpton at L’École des Roches in Normandy, and from 1922 until 1929 served as copywriter at the London advertising firm of Bensons. ![]() In 1915, she graduated with first class honors in modern languages. She was brought up at Bluntisham Rectory, Cambridgeshire, and went to the Godolphin School, Salisbury, where she won a scholarship to Somerville College, Oxford. Her father was at the time headmaster of Christ Church Cathedral School, and she was born in the headmaster’s house. She was born in Oxford on June 13, 1893, the only child of the Rev. She was also a poet, a student of classical and modern languages and theology, as well as an essayist, playwright, critic, and translator. She is best known for her creation of Lord Peter Wimsey, one of the most beloved amateur sleuths of the genre. Sayers (1893-1957) is widely considered one of the greatest mystery writers of all time. ![]()
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