Jasper Fforde, author portrait
© Mari Fforde

Jasper Fforde

Jasper Fforde spent twenty years in the film business before debuting on the New York Times bestseller list with The Eyre Affair, the first book in the Thursday Next series. He is also the author of Early Riser and The Constant Rabbit; the Nursery Crime Adventures series; the Shades of Grey series; and the Last Dragonslayer series, adapted for television as a movie. He lives in Wales.
The Constant Rabbit
Early Riser
The Woman Who Died a Lot
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing
Shades of Grey
Thursday Next: First Among Sequels
The Fourth Bear
The Big Over Easy
Something Rotten
The Well of Lost Plots
Lost in a Good Book
The Eyre Affair

Books

The Constant Rabbit
Early Riser
The Woman Who Died a Lot
One of Our Thursdays Is Missing
Shades of Grey
Thursday Next: First Among Sequels
The Fourth Bear
The Big Over Easy
Something Rotten
The Well of Lost Plots
Lost in a Good Book
The Eyre Affair

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