Jasper Fforde

English novelist · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1961 · age 65

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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2018“I always really admired you growing up. Always smiling through your unhappiness.”In their wordsChapter 2, “Fat Thursday” (p. 7)Read the whole statement

“What do you think?”“I can hardly contain my indifference.”In their wordsChapter 2, “Fat Thursday” (p. 8)Read the whole statement

“You need to delay the train.”“How do I do that?”“Your head on the rails?”“Seriously?”“I don’t know.”In their wordsChapter 8, “Meet Aurora” (pp. 63-64)Read the whole statement

“More welcoming were a couple of Welsh Tourist Board posters. One was advertising the local area with the now-universal slogan “Visit Wales - Not Always Raining.”In their wordsChapter 11, “Talgarth and HiberTech” (p. 89)Read the whole statement

“I’ll be honest,” I said, “I have nothing against anyone who believes, but I think it’s a dangerous nonsense.”In their wordsChapter 12, “The Wincarnis” (p. 105)Read the whole statement

“She can’t be that volatile.”“She punched me in the eye so hard she detached my retina,” he said, “and all I did was place the preposition at the end of the sentence.”In their wordsChapter 13, “Consulate and Fodder” (p. 114)Read the whole statement

2012Julia-Verlanger AwardAward2004Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse PrizeAwardDilys AwardAward1961Born11 January 1961

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It would have been easy to dislike her intensely, but I actually felt nothing for her at all.
2018 · Chapter 2, “Fat Thursday” (p. 8), Own words
Jealous?” she said. “Of what you have to offer? A second-rate Consul and a third-rate vaudeville act peddling fourth-rate advice to a fifth-rate Novice?
2018 · Chapter 8, “Meet Aurora” (p. 62), Own words
Passing through?”“Yes; here to meet with Moody.”“You’ll get more sense from lichen.
2018 · Chapter 12, “The Wincarnis” (p. 104), Own words

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Awards

Julia-Verlanger Award2012

Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize2004

Dilys Award2004

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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