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Jasper Fforde

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English novelist (born 1961)

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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.

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Jasper Fforde
said · 2018
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I always really admired you growing up. Always smiling through your unhappiness.

Chapter 2, “Fat Thursday” (p. 7)

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Jasper Fforde
said · 2018
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It would have been easy to dislike her intensely, but I actually felt nothing for her at all.

Chapter 2, “Fat Thursday” (p. 8)

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Jasper Fforde
said · 2018
Own words

What do you think?”“I can hardly contain my indifference.

Chapter 2, “Fat Thursday” (p. 8)

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2012Julia-Verlanger Award
2004Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize
2004Dilys Award

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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. They usually contain elements of metafiction, parody, and fantasy.

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United Kingdom
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Born 1961 · age 65
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