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Allan Ahlberg

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Alan Ayckbourn

Nina Bawden

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William Boyd

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Tracy Chevalier

Wendy Cope

Peter Dickinson

Helen Dunmore

Nicholas Faith

Clare Francis

Antonia Fraser

Michael Frayn

Martin Gilbert

Victoria Glendinning

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Richard Hoggart

Michael Holroyd

William Horwood

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Steve Jones

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David Lodge

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JK Rowling

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Claire Tomalin

Rose Tremain

William Trevor

Joanna Trollope

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