Dorothy L. Sayers is recognized as one of the greatest mystery
writers of the 20th century. Born in 1893 she was a noted Christian
scholar, and became one of the first women to be awarded a degree
from Oxford University. In 1923 she published her first novel,
Whose Body, which introduced Lord Peter Wimsey, her hero
for fourteen volumes of novels and short stories. She also wrote
four other novels in collaboration, and two serial stories for
broadcasting. Writing full time she became the doyen of crime
writers, and in due course president of the Detection Club.
Dorothy L. Sayers was well known for "combining detective writing
with expert novelistic writing," and the imaginative ways in
which her victims were disposed of. Among the many causes of
death seen in her novels were, among others, poisoned teeth
fillings, a cat with poisoned claws, church bells, and a dagger
made of ice.
Dorothy Sayers also edited several mystery anthologies collected
under the heading "The Omnibus of Crime" (1929), which included
a noteworthy opening essay on the history of the mystery genre.
Later on in her life, Dorothy Sayers gave up detective fiction
to pursue other interests. She spent the last years of her life
working on an English translation of Dante's Divine Comedy,
having always claimed that religion and medieval studies were
subjects more worthy of her time than writing detective stories.
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Peter
Wimsey
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| 1. Whose Body? |
(1923) |
| 2. Clouds of Witness |
(1926) |
| 3. Unnatural Death |
(1927) |
| 4. Lord Peter Views the Body |
(1928) |
| 5. The Unpleasantness at
the Bellona Club |
(1928) |
| 6. Strong Poison |
(1930) |
| 7. Five Red Herrings |
(1931) |
| 8. Have His Carcase |
(1932) |
| 9. Hangman's Holiday |
(1933) |
| 10. Murder Must Advertise |
(1933) |
| 11. The Nine Tailors |
(1934) |
| 12. Gaudy Night |
(1935) |
| 13. Busman's Honeymoon |
(1937) |
| 14. In the Teeth of the Evidence |
(1939) |
| Lord Peter: The Complete Lord Peter Wimsey
Stories |
(1972) |
| Striding Folly (Short Stories) |
(1972) |
|
Lord
Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane (with Jill Paton Walsh)
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| Thrones, Dominations |
(1998) |
| A Presumption of Death |
(2002) |
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Novels
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| The Documents in the Case |
(1930) |
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Anthologies
edited
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| Stories of Crime and Detection |
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| Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery
and Horror 1st Series |
(1928) |
| The Omnibus of Crime |
(1929) |
| Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery
and Horror 2nd Series |
(1931) |
| Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery
and Horror 3rd Series |
(1934) |
| Tales of Detection and Mystery |
(1962) |
| Human and Inhuman Stories
|
(1963) |
| Stories of Crime and Detection 2nd Series
|
(1984) |
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Anthologies
containing stories by Dorothy L Sayers
|
| Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery
and Horror 2nd Series |
(1931) |
| The Mystery Book |
(1934) |
| The Great Book of Thrillers |
(1935) |
| And the Darkness Falls |
(1946) |
| Ten Tales of Detection |
(1967) |
| Great British Short Stories |
(1974) |
| Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction |
(1983) |
| Stories of Crime and Detection 2nd Series
|
(1984) |
| Witches'
Brew: Horror and Supernatural Stories by Women |
(1984) |
| A Century of Detective
Stories |
(2001) |
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Other
Works
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| with others: SIX AGAINST THE YARD / SIX
AGAINST SCOTLAND YARD |
1936 |
| THE ZEAL THY HOUSE |
1937 |
| THE DEVIL TO PAY, BEING THE FAMOUS PLAY
OF JOHN FAUSTUS |
1939 |
| IN THE TEETH OF THE EVIDENCE |
1939 |
| HE THAT SHOULD COME |
1939 |
| STRONG MEAT |
1939 |
| with others: DOUBLE DEATH |
1939 |
| BEGIN HERE |
1939 |
| THE MIND OF THE MAKER |
1941 |
| THE MAN BORN TO BE KING: A PLAY-CYCLE
ON THE LIFE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST (broadcast)
|
1941-42 |
| LORD, I THANK THEE |
1943 |
| UNPOPULAR OPINIONS |
1946 |
| CREED OR CHAOS? AND OTHER ESSAYS IN POPULAR
THEOLOGY |
1947 |
| THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE,
A CHRONICLE |
1951 |
| THE DAYS OF CHRIST'S COMING |
1953 |
| INTRODUCTORY PAPERS ON DANTE |
1954 |
| FURTHER PAPERS ON DANTE |
1957 |
| THE POETRY OF SEARCH AND
THE POETRY OF O STATEMENT, |
1963 |
| CHRISTIAN LETTERS TO A POST-CHRISTIAN
WORLD |
1969 |
| ARE WOMEN HUMAN? |
1971 |
| A MATTER OF ETERNITY, WILKIE COLLINS:
A CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL STUDY (ed. by E.R. Gregory)
|
1977 |
| with others: THE SCOOP, AND BEHIND THE
SCREEN |
1983 |
| with others: CRIME ON THE COAST, AND
NO FLOWERS BY REQUEST, |
1984 |
| LOVE ALL (with M. St. C. Byrne) |
1985 |
| SPIRITUAL WRITINGS |
1993 |
| THE LETTERS OF DOROTHY L. SAYERS (4 vols.)
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1996-2000 |
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Books about
Dorothy L Sayers
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| Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul
by Barbara Reynolds |
(1998) |
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