Read the text and determine if the sentence is true:

Elly Griffiths is the pen name of Domenica de Rosa (born 17 august 1963, London), a British crime novelist. She has written two series as Griffiths to date, one featuring Ruth Galloway, the other featuring Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens and Max Mephisto.

Sentence: Domenica de Rosa was born in the year immediately following 1961.