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Fforde, Jasper
Jasper Fforde is a British author. He grew up in London and Wales. His father was an economist who was Chief Cashier of the Bank of England in 1966–70. His mother, who was involved in different charities, passed on her great love of books to her children. Jasper Fforde was enrolled at the progressive boarding school Dartington Hall School in Totnes, Devon, at the age of twelve. Even though he d...
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Trosell, Aino
Trosell is a Swedish writer, born in the town of Malung where she grew up in a blue-collar family. In 1967, Aino Trosell moved to Gothenburg where she combined her high school studies with work at a psychiatric institution and a tobacco company. After graduating with a Bachelor of Social Services from the Social Work College in 1974, she took on employment as a social worker, but found the job...