The Song of the Quarkbeast

About the author

Jasper Fforde is the critically acclaimed author of The Last Dragonslayer, Shades of Grey, the Nursery Crime books: The Big Over Easy and The Fourth Bear, and the Thursday Next novels: The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots, Something Rotten, First Among Sequels and One of Our Thursdays is Missing.

After giving up a varied career in the film world, he now lives and writes in Wales, and has a passion for aviation.

You can visit www.jasperfforde.com to find out more.

Last year we ran a Draw a Dragon competition to celebrate the creation of the Last Dragonslayer series. There were lots of wonderful entries for Jasper Fforde to choose from, but the winner is . . .

George Riley from the Central Foundation Boys’ School

Jasper says:

‘This was a very tricky decision for us as the quality was very high indeed, but after much consideration we decided that George Riley’s was the winning entry. We felt that not only was it a very striking image that had been undertaken with much skill and thought, but also captured the spirit of Jennifer’s world, with cars and cooling towers. We also liked the dragon with a long, sinuous neck for peering inquisitively at stuff, and quite naturally, a long tail to balance it. It’s a lovely picture – thank you!’

The winning picture is displayed on the next page.

George Riley Central Foundation Boys’ School

Explore the world of Jasper Fforde’s The Last Dragonslayer

Now available as an App for Apple iPhone and iPad

Discover more about the Ununited Kingdoms, from the grim wastes of Trollvania to the Corporate Kingdom of Financia.

Become a true Dragonslayer’s apprentice by reading The Dragonslayer’s Manual, updated regularly by RSS feed.

Learn about Quarkbeasts and Shridloos, and the other fantastics beasts that live in the Kingdoms – and of course, the Dragons who once terrorised the land.

You can also read the full text as an Ebook and listen to the synchronised unabridged audiobook.

Find it online at the iTimes App store.

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