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Sometimes, I get ideas from dreams. Often, my stories are based on adventures that I, or my friends, have actually lived.

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Brian Jacques
Age: 71 †
Born: 1939
Born: June 15
Died: 2011
Died: February 5
Writer
City of Liverpool
James Brian Jacques
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