Jasper Fforde
Jasper Fforde is an English novelist whose first novel, The Eyre Affair, was published in 2001. He is known mainly for his Thursday Next novels, but has also published two books in the loosely connected Nursery Crime series, two in the Shades of Grey series and four in The Last Dragonslayer series. Fforde's books abound in literary allusions and wordplay, tightly scripted plots and playfulness with the conventional, traditional genres.
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- 🏆 Dilys Award🏆 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize🏆 Julia-Verlanger Award
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1961
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