![]() ![]() While at Oxford, Dorothy studied language and literature and it's said that her experience there inspired her 1935 novel, Gaudy Night. Related: Thrilling New Releases by Female Mystery Authors That You Need to Read Once her father felt as though she'd learned all she could from him, she was sent off to continue her education in boarding school, and then, later, received her degree from Somerville College in Oxford, alma mater to other whip smart women such as Margaret Thatcher and Indira Gandhi. ![]() At the young age of six, when other children were catching frogs and nursing skinned knees, Dorothy was learning Latin. The availability of free time was sparse in the Sayers household though as her father, a reverend, made it his mission to give Dorothy an excellent education. Sayers was an only child and, like most only children, learned quickly how to amuse herself with her own imagination. ![]()
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