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Jasper Fforde

Best-selling novelist, author of several novels including 2001's The Eyre Affair

Fforde has been writing since 2001 when his novel The Eyre Affair debuted on the New York Times bestseller list. He lives and works in Wales.

Fforde has been writing since 2001 when his novel The Eyre Affair debuted on the New York Times bestseller list. He lives and works in Wales.

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