Jasper Fforde

Jasper Fforde is an English novelist who published his first novel, The Eyre Affair, in 2001. He is best known for the Thursday Next series, which established his distinctive style of blending literary fiction with fantastical elements. Fforde's works are characterized by their rich literary allusions, intricate wordplay, and tightly scripted plots. His novels frequently incorporate metafiction, parody, and fantasy, playfully subverting conventional and traditional genres. Beyond the Thursday Next series, he has written two books in the Nursery Crime series, two in the Shades of Grey series, and four in The Last Dragonslayer series, demonstrating his versatility across different fictional worlds.

Books by Jasper Fforde

• The Eyre Affair (2001)
• Something Rotten (2004)
• Lost in a Good Book (2002)
• The Well of Lost Plots (2002)
• First Among Sequels (2007)
• The Big Over Easy (2005)
• The Last Dragonslayer (2010)
• Shades of Grey (2008)
• The Song of the Quarkbeast (2011)
• The Fourth Bear (2006)
• Early Riser (2018)
• One of Our Thursdays Is Missing (2011)
• The Constant Rabbit (2020)
• The Eye of Zoltar (2014)
• The Woman Who Died A Lot (2012)
• The Great Troll War (2021)