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There is a certain degree of steampunkishness that creeps into my books.

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Jasper Fforde
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: January 11
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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London
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Prejudice is a product of ignorance that hides behind barriers of tradition.
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