Jasper Fforde
Author of The Eyre Affair
About the Author
He worked for many years in the film industry as a camera technician. He was raised in England, he lives & works in Wales. (Publisher Provided) Author Jasper Fforde was born on January 11, 1961 in London, England. He spent numerous years as a focus puller in the film industry, where he worked on show more films such as Quills, Golden Eye, and Entrapment. His first novel, The Eyre Affair, was published in 2001. He is the author of the Thursday Next, Nursery Crime and Dragonslayer series and the novel Shades of Gray. In 2004, he won the Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction for The Well of Lost Plots. In 2013, his title The Last Dragonslayer made The New York Times best seller list. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: I took this picture at one of his US Book Signing events at Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C. Never miss a chance to see my favorite author :-)
Series
Works by Jasper Fforde
Dark Reading Matter 95 copies
Shades of Grey: Painting by Numbers 53 copies
Shades of Grey: The Gordini Protocols 47 copies
The Last Great Tortoise Race 38 copies
[Undetermined Books] 7 copies
The Button Guy [short story] 2 copies
Shuttle [short story] 1 copy
Associated Works
The Last Dragonslayer [2016 film] — Original book — 2 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1961-01-11
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- London, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
Wales, UK - Education
- Dartington Hall School
- Occupations
- writer
- Relationships
- Fforde, Desmond (cousin)
Fforde, Katie (cousin-in-law) - Awards and honors
- Waterstones 25 Authors for the Future (2007)
- Agent
- Will Francis (Janklow & Nesbit Associates)
Members
Discussions
Red Side Story - February 6th 2024 in Fforde Ffans (July 2023)
The Woman Who Died a Lot in Fforde Ffans (February 2013)
Shades of Grey in Fforde Ffans (March 2012)
Fforde Ffebruary general discussion thread in The 12 in 12 Category Challenge (February 2012)
One of Our Thursdays is Missing in Fforde Ffans (July 2011)
The Fourth Bear in Fforde Ffans (June 2011)
One of Our Thursdays is Missing by Jasper Fforde (reviewed by readafew) in Reviews reviewed (April 2011)
***Group Read: The Eyre Affair in 75 Books Challenge for 2010 (December 2010)
Book Discussion: The Eyre Affair ~CAUTION ~ Contains SPOILERS in The Green Dragon (May 2010)
Book Discussion: The Eyre Affair - SPOILER FREE Thread in The Green Dragon (March 2009)
First Among Sequels Discussion Thread in Fforde Ffans (September 2008)
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Funny Books (5)
To Read (2)
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Books About Boys (1)
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 32
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 68,948
- Popularity
- #190
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 2,456
- ISBNs
- 476
- Languages
- 15
- Favorited
- 691