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There will be days when the stuff is not flowing freely. What you do then is MAKE IT UP!

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Philip Pullman
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: October 19
Audiobook Narrator
Executive Producer
Film Writer
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Novelist
Playwright
University Teacher
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Norwich
Norfolk
Sir Philip Pullman
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