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1. P. G. Wodehouse

   Author of The Code of the Woosters, Leave it to Psmith, Jeeves in the Offing

2. Jonathan Lynn

   Author of The Complete Yes Minister, Yes, Prime Minister (Vol. 2), Yes, Prime Minister (Vol. 1)

3. René Goscinny

   Author of Asterix in Britain, Asterix and the Normans, Asterix in Corsica

4. George MacDonald Fraser

   Author of Flash for Freedom!, Flashman and the Mountain of Light, Flashman and the Dragon

5. Tom Sharpe

   Author of Wilt, Riotous Assembly, Blott on the Landscape

6. Anthony Trollope

   Author of Barchester Towers, Framley Parsonage, Phineas Redux

7. Peter F. Drucker

   Author of Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices, Adventures of a Bystander, Managing for the Future: The 1990s and Beyond

8. Terry Pratchett

   Author of The Science of Discworld, The Dark Side of the Sun, Diggers

9. Dorothy L. Sayers

   Author of Unnatural Death, Five Red Herrings, Lord Peter Views the Body

10. Richard Curtis

    Author of Blackadder: the Whole Damn Dynasty

11. Jeremy Paxman

    Author of The English: A Portrait of a People, The Political Animal: An Anatomy

12. John Clifford Mortimer

    Author of The First Rumpole Omnibus, Rumpole of the Bailey

13. Stephen Fry

    Author of Making History, Paperweight

14. Charles B. Handy

    Author of The Age of Unreason, Understanding Organizations (Penguin Business Library), The Hungry Spirit

15. John Cleese

    Author of The Complete Fawlty Towers

16. W.C. Sellar

    Author of 1066 and All That : a Memorable History of England, comprising, all the parts you can remember including one hundred and three good things, five bad kings, and two genuine dates [pub. 1930]

17. Clive James

    Author of Unreliable Memoirs: Autobiography (Picador Books)

18. Robert Graves

    Author of Claudius the God, The Greek Myths: Volume 1, The Greek Myths: Volume 2

19. Iain M. Banks

    Author of Matter, The Steep Approach to Garbadale

20. Tom Peters

    Author of In Search of Excellence, Thriving on Chaos: Handbook for a Management Revolution, The Tom Peters Seminar