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James Dashner
James Dashner is the author of the New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, which is also being turned into a film. James was born and raised in Georgia where he read extensively, wrote stories on his parents' old typewriter, and dreamed of becoming a writer. Instead, he st...
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James Davies
James Davies is an illustrator and author from Wales, now living in Bristol. He has recently returned to illustration with the 'Meet the....' series (including Meet the Ancient Egyptians, Meet the Ancient Romans) published by Big Picture Press - a uniquely bold, graphic style, influence...
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James Holland
James Holland was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and studied history at Durham University. He is the bestselling author of numerous historical non-fiction titles and the Jack Tanner fiction series, and recently presented Battle of Britain: The Real Story on BBC2. A member of the British...
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James Patterson
James Patterson is one of the best-known and biggest-selling writers of all time. He is the author of some of the most popular series of the past decade: the Womens Murder Club, the Alex Cross novels and Maximum Ride, and he has written many other number one bestsellers including romance novel...
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James Weston Lewis
Born in Bath, James moved to Oxfordshire when he was 5 where he grew up in a small village. He did an Art Foundation degree at Oxford Brookes University and then moved to Bristol to study Illustration at the University of the West of England, where he specialised in Print. James now lives in L...
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Jamie Buxton
Jamie Buxton read English at Cambridge and has been writing all his adult life. He taught in the States for a while and splits his time between London, Dartmoor, his car, local cafes and libraries. He is married with one child plus dogs, cats and all their fleas. He has also travelled e...
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Jamie Thomson
Jamie Thomson is the minion and slave of the Dark Lord, Dirk Lloyd. Hes an author and games developer who has written numerous choose-your-own-adventure style gamebooks, including some titles from the Fighting Fantasy series and The Way of the Tiger (six linked adventures about a ninja hero: e...
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Jamila Gavin
Jamila Gavin was born in India in the foothills of the Himalayas, and came to England for secondary school. She has vivid childhood memories and looks back on her early years with fondness. Jamila was nearly 12 years old when she came to settle in England and was very aware of the cultu...
