The Writers of Wales Database

FFORDE, JASPER

Telephone: via Hodder & Stoughton on 02078 736000
Website: http://www.jasperfforde.com/  

Jasper Fforde is the author of the critically acclaimed series of novels featuring the literary detective Thursday Next. Jasper worked as a focus–puller for such films as Goldeneye and Quills, but gave up his career in the film industry to become an author of fantasy fiction. Born in mid–Wales, he now lives and writes in Wales and has a passion for aviation, particularly flying biplanes over the countryside.

Reviews:
With respect to First Among Sequels (Hodder & Stoughton, 2007):

"…Jasper Fforde has gone where no other fictioneer has gone before. Millions of readers now follow. Thank you Jasper…"
Guardian

"…Jasper Fforde’s imagination is a literary volcano in full spate…"
Independent


Selected Publications:
The Eyre Affair (Hodder & Stoughton, 2001)
Lost in a Good Book (Hodder & Stoughton, 2002)
The Well of Lost Plots (Hodder & Stoughton, 2003)
Something Rotten (Hodder & Stoughton, 2004)
The Big Over Easy (Hodder & Stoughton, 2005)
Fourth Bear (Hodder & Stoughton, 2006)
First Among Sequels (Hodder & Stoughton, 2007)
Shades of Grey (Hodder & Stoughton, 2010)
The Last Dragonslayer (Hodder & Stoughton, 2010)
One of Our Thursdays is Missing (Hodder & Stoughton, 2011)