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I was born too late for steam trains and a lazy eye meant I'd never be an astronaut.

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Mark Haddon
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: October 28
Illustrator
Novelist
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Screenwriter
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...and I wrote a book and that means I can do anything
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