David
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Jasper Fforde:
Do you believe there was a William Shakespeare and that he did actually write the plays attributed to him or are you more of a Baconian or Marlovian?
Jasper Fforde
Hello David. I'm going to go out on a limb here, and be controversial. I'm expecting a twitterstorm and the wholesale burning of my books, and me, in effigy. But I believe, that, (sharp intake of breath) the writer of Shakespeare was ... Shakespeare. There, I've said it. Yes, of course it was him. I think there's a lot of intellectual snobbery around Shakespeare. How could the son of a merchant write such works? And from Warwick, of all places!
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Kat
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Jasper Fforde:
I hate to be that person but not as much as I hate not knowing though continually hoping it will be *this year* each year, and so my question is: when will the next Shades of Grey book be released? I have read Jennifer Strange's adventures happily and was delighted with new installments of Thursday Next, but through those years I have held onto a great excitement for forthcoming stories from Eddie Russett's world.
Stephanie
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Jasper Fforde:
I've read all your published works and love the way you play with the literary canon, scientific, epistemological and generic categories, as well as fictional and cultural expectations. Are there any jokes that critics (or readers who give feedback), haven't picked up? If so, which of these make you most sad and which make you most wryly amused?
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