He has a Welsh wife, two welsh daughters and a welsh dog. It is 1939, and Yanek Gruener is a 10-year old Jew in Kraków when the Nazis invade Poland. At least, the very beginning of this historical novel reads as such. If Anne Frank had been a boy, this is the story her male counterpart might have told. His next book, 'Early Riser', will be published in the UK in 2018.įforde failed his Welsh Nationality Test by erroneously identifying Gavin Henson as a TV chef, but continues to live and work in his adopted nation despite this setback. by Alan Gratz Ruth Gruener Jack Gruener RELEASE DATE: March 1, 2013. He freely admits that he fascinated not just by books themselves, but by the way we read and what we read, and his reinvigoration of tired genres have won him many enthusiastic supporters across the world.Īmongst Fforde's output are police procedurals featuring nursery rhyme characters a series for Young Adults about Magic and Dragons set in a shabby world of failing magical powers, and 'Shades of Grey' a post-apocalyptic dystopia set three world orders into the future, where social hierarchy is based on the colours you can see. His 14th novel, 'Early Riser', will be published in the UK in 2018.įforde's writing is an eclectic mix of genres, which might be described as a joyful blend of Comedy-SF-thriller-Crime-Satire. Yet even Jennifer may be defeated when the long-absent Mighty Shandar makes an astonishing appearance and commands her to find the Eye of Zoltar - proclaiming that if she fails, he will eliminate the only two dragons left on earth. Jasper Fforde spent twenty years in the film business before debuting on the New York Time Bestseller list with 'The Eyre Affair' in 2001. You are here: Home > Our Authors > Fforde, Jasper
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