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About Dorothy L Sayers
Dorothy L. Sayers is the author of novels, short stories, poetry collections, essays, reviews and translations. Although she was a noted Christian scholar, she is most known for her detective fiction. Born in 1893, she was one of the first women to be awarded a degree from Oxford University. Her first book featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, Whose Body?, was published in 1923 and over the next 20 years more novels and short stories about the aristocratic amateur sleuth appeared. Dorothy L. Sayers is recognized as one of the greatest mystery writers of the 20th century.
Series
Peter Wimsey
1. Whose Body? (1923)
2. The 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. The 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 (1972)
Four Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Novels (omnibus) (1990)
The Lord Peter Wimsey Collection (omnibus) (2001)
1. Whose Body? (1923)
2. The 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. The 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 (1972)
Four Complete Lord Peter Wimsey Novels (omnibus) (1990)
The Lord Peter Wimsey Collection (omnibus) (2001)
Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane (with Jill Paton Walsh)
1. Thrones, Dominations (1998)
2. A Presumption of Death (2002)
1. Thrones, Dominations (1998)
2. A Presumption of Death (2002)
Novels
Collections
Ask a Policeman (1933) (with Anthony Berkeley, Milward Kennedy)
A Treasury of Sayers Stories (1958)
Dorothy L. Sayers : The Complete Stories (2002)
Two Plays about God and Man (2004)
A Treasury of Sayers Stories (1958)
Dorothy L. Sayers : The Complete Stories (2002)
Two Plays about God and Man (2004)
Chapbooks
Plays
Anthologies edited
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 (1961)
Human and Inhuman Stories (1963)
Stories of Crime and Detection (1983)
Stories of Crime and Detection 2nd Series (1984)
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 (1961)
Human and Inhuman Stories (1963)
Stories of Crime and Detection (1983)
Stories of Crime and Detection 2nd Series (1984)
Non fiction
The Mind of the Maker (1941)
Unpopular Opinions (1946)
Creed or Chaos? (1947)
Further Papers on Dante (1957)
Are Women Human? (1959)
The Days of Christ's Coming (1960)
Wilkie Collins: A Critical and Biographical Study (1977) (see Wilkie Collins)
The Whimsical Christian: 18 Essays (1987)
Spiritual Writings (1993)
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers, 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist (1995)
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1937-1943: From Novelist to Playwright (1998)
Unpopular Opinions (1946)
Creed or Chaos? (1947)
Further Papers on Dante (1957)
Are Women Human? (1959)
The Days of Christ's Coming (1960)
Wilkie Collins: A Critical and Biographical Study (1977) (see Wilkie Collins)
The Whimsical Christian: 18 Essays (1987)
Spiritual Writings (1993)
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers, 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist (1995)
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1937-1943: From Novelist to Playwright (1998)
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)
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)
Short stories
| The Cave of Ali Baba (1928) | |||
| The Cyprian Cat (1933) | |||
| Absolutely Elsewhere (1934) | |||
| Bitter Almonds | |||
| The Image in the Mirror | |||
| A Matter of Taste | |||
| The Necklace of Pearls | |||
| One Too Many | |||
| Suspicion |
Books about Dorothy L Sayers
Such a Strange Lady: Biography of Dorothy L. Sayers (1976) by Janet Hitchman
Maker and Craftsman: The Story of Dorothy L. Sayers (1978) by Alzina Stone Dale
A Bibliography of the Works of Dorothy L. Sayers (1979) by Unknown
Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul (1998) by Barbara Reynolds
Writing Perfomances: The Stages of Dorothy L. Sayers (2004) by Crystal Downing
Maker and Craftsman: The Story of Dorothy L. Sayers (1978) by Alzina Stone Dale
A Bibliography of the Works of Dorothy L. Sayers (1979) by Unknown
Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul (1998) by Barbara Reynolds
Writing Perfomances: The Stages of Dorothy L. Sayers (2004) by Crystal Downing
Links to other websites
| Dorothy L Sayers Society |
Dorothy L Sayers recommends
 The Purple Cloud (1901) M P Shiel "The very accent of Edgar Allan Poe." |  Duplicate Death (1951) (Inspector Hemingway) Georgette Heyer "Miss Heyer's characters and dialogue are an abiding delight to me... I have seldom met people to whom I have taken so violent a fancy from the word 'Go'." |  Dark of the Moon (1967) (Dr. Gideon Fell) John Dickson Carr "He can create atmosphere with an adjective, alarm with an allusion, or delight with rollicking absurdity. In short, he can write." |
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