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Palindrome as well. My sister's name is Hannah. Father liked word games. He was fourteen times World Scrabble Champion. When he died, we buried him at Queenzieburn to make use of the triple word score.

Jasper Fforde

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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
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Science Fiction Writer
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