Dorothy L. Sayers: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Notable biographies are Ralph E. Hone, Dorothy L. Sayers (1979); James Brabazon, Dorothy L. Sayers (1981); and Barbara Reynolds, Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul (1993). Criticism includes Dawson Gaillard, Dorothy L. Sayers (1981); Barbara Reynolds, The Passionate Intellect: Dorothy L. Sayers’ Encounter with Dante (1989); and Catherine Kenney, The Remarkable Case of Dorothy L. Sayers (1990). Barbara Reynolds (ed.), The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers, 5 vol. (1995–2002), compiles correspondence from all periods of the author’s life.

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Anniversary information added. Dec 13, 2025
Anniversary information added. Jun 09, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Wheaton College - Dorothy L. Sayers. Mar 07, 2022
Add new Web site: C.S Lewis Institute - Biography of Dorothy Sayers. Nov 30, 2016
Add new Web site: Christian Classics Ethereal Library - Biography of Dorothy Leigh Sayers. Nov 23, 2012
Add new Web site: World's Best Detective Crime and Murder Mistery Books - Lord Peter Wimsey. May 06, 2011
Add new Web site: World's Best Detective Crime and Murder Mistery Books - Lord Peter Wimsey. May 06, 2011
Add new Web site: Michael Rawdon's Dorothy L. Sayers - The Lord Peter Wimsey Stories. May 06, 2011
Add new Web site: Michael Rawdon's Dorothy L. Sayers - The Lord Peter Wimsey Stories. May 06, 2011
Added new Web site: Official Site of the Dorothy L Sayers Society. Oct 16, 2008
Article revised and updated. Nov 10, 2006
Bibliography revised. Nov 10, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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