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People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard.
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David Walliams
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: August 20
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I used to have a silk dressing gown an uncle bought in Japan and when I came downstairs in it, my dad used to call me Davinia. There was never embarrassment about that kind of thing. My sister used to dress me up a lot. She thought I was a little doll.
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