- One of the first women to receive a degree from the University of Oxford
- Dorothy L. Sayers came up with the famous slogan for Guinness Beer, to wit: "Guinness Is Good For You".
- English writer of detective fiction, creator of Lord Peter Whimsey, a cross between the heroes of P.G. Wodehouse and the Scarlet Pimpernel. Sayers wrote her first mystery, "Whose Body?", in 1923. Her plots often tended to be intricate and ingeniously conceived. She was also a poet, essayist, penned religious plays, was a translator of Dante and an amateur theologian.
- Although she was married for over twenty years, her only child was born out of wedlock.
- Her play, "Busman's Honeymoon" at the Lifeline Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2010 Joseph Jefferson Award (Non-Equity Division) for Production of a Play.
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