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I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.

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Jeffrey Archer
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: April 15
Member Of The House Of Lords
Novelist
Playwright
Politician
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Jeffrey Howard Archer
Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare
Jeffrey Howard Archer
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