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Maggie O' Farrell
Maggie O'Farrell was born in Northern Ireland in 1972, and grew up in Wales and Scotland. Previously a journalist, she is now a full time novelist. Her debut novel, After You'd Gone, was published in 2000 to international acclaim and won a Betty Trask Award.
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Hardeep Singh Kohli
Glaswegian writer and comedian is back in the hotseat this week.
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Justin Cartwright
Novelist Justin Cartwright was born in South Africa, but came to the UK when he was 19.
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Muriel Gray
Author, broadcaster and businesswoman. Born in East Kilbride, the daughter of a merchant seaman. Educated at the Glasgow School of Art, Muriel went on to become Assistant Head of Design in the National Museum of Antiquities in Edinburgh. She also followed a secondary career as a member of the rock group The Von Trapp Family and it was this which led to her appearing as a presenter on the Channel 4 television series The Tube.
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Will Self
This week's guest is writer . His books include Cock and Bull, My Idea of Fun, How the Dead Live, Great Apes, and most recently, The Book of Dave. Will is a regular guest on Have I Got News For You, Shooting Stars, and Grumpy Old Men. He also used to draw cartoons for the New Statesman.
Will had the honour of featuring in the first ever edition of Saturday Live, in which he took us on a trip to Bekonscot model village.
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Louise Rennison
is the author of the angst-filled Confessions of Georgia Nicolson books.
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Paul Roseby
This week's guest is presenter and broadcaster .
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Joan Bakewell
Joan Bakewell has been a presence on Britain鈥檚 television since the 1960s when she co-presented the nightly 大象传媒 2 show Late Night Line Up. This ran from 1964 until 1972, earning itself 鈥 and her 鈥 a loyal following.
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Malorie Blackman
has now sold over 1.5 million books in the UK and was one of the nation鈥檚 favourite authors in the 大象传媒鈥檚 BIG READ in 2005.
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Hardeep Singh Kohli
Glaswegian writer and comedian is back in the hotseat this week.
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Brough Scott
Brough Scott is one of the best known figures in horse racing although he once received a viewer鈥檚 letter stating 鈥測ou used to be the world鈥檚 worst jockey, now you are the world鈥檚 worst commentator, please shut up.鈥
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Louise Rennison
is the author of the angst-filled Confessions of Georgia Nicolson books.
Following the success of her one-woman autobiographical show, Stevie Wonder Felt my Face, Louise has written for many comedy stars. She has reported for Radio 4 and is a columnist for the London Evening Standard magazine.
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Joanna Trollope
Novelist was educated at Reigate County School for Girls followed by St Hugh's College, Oxford. She worked at the Foreign Office and was employed in a number of teaching posts before she became a writer full-time in 1980.
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Janey Godley
is a stand-up comedian, bestselling author, online blogger and journalist. She was born in 1961 and brought up in Shettleston, in the East End of Glasgow. Aged nineteen, she married into a Glasgow gangster family. For fourteen years, she and her husband ran a pub in the Calton area of Glasgow where she staged the first performances by comedian and magician Jerry Sadowitz. She later became a full-time stand-up comic herself, ran comedy clubs in Glasgow and regularly compered at clubs in Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool.
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Marian Keyes
Writer was born in the West of Ireland in 1963. Her first novel, Watermelon, was published in Ireland in 1995. Since then she has published seven further novels and two collections of non-fiction, and has sold 15 million copies of her books in 30 languages.
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Kuljit Bhamra
is an influential British Asian musician, having won many musical awards and recorded over two thousand songs to date. A self taught composer, producer and tabla player, he is credited with spearheading the Bhangra movement in this country.
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Muriel Gray
Author, broadcaster and businesswoman. Born in East Kilbride, the daughter of a merchant seaman. Educated at the Glasgow School of Art, Muriel went on to become Assistant Head of Design in the National Museum of Antiquities in Edinburgh. She also followed a secondary career as a member of the rock group The Von Trapp Family and it was this which led to her appearing as a presenter on the Channel 4 television series .
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Michele Hanson
Michele Hanson has been writing columns on and off for the Guardian since 1983: for twelve years she wrote one on getting old - detailing life with her elderly mother, who came to live with her aged 89 and died aged 99. Her book of these columns entitled "Living With Mother" is out at the moment.
She was previously a teacher.
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Len Goodman
Len Goodman is an accomplished judge of Latin American and Ballroom professional dance competition, serving as a regular at the World and British Championships. He has been the head judge on all three 大象传媒 television series of Strictly Come Dancing.
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Jonny Geller
Jonny Geller is managing director of Curtis Brown books division and agent to about 40 authors including Jake Arnott, Sam Bourne (Jonathan Freedland) Tracy Chevalier, Susanna Clarke,(author of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell). Sacha Baron Cohen, Howard Jacobson, Hari Kunzru, David Nicholls, (Starter for Ten), Adele Parks, Vikram Seth, and a host of bestelling new writers.
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Hardeep Singh Kohli
Glaswegian writer and comedian joins Fi this week.
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Gregg Wallace
Gregg Wallace started out as a London market trader, and now supplies restaurants with fresh local produce. He co-presents Masterchef Goes Large, and has also co-presented Radio 4's Veg Talk.
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Louise Rennison
is the author of the angst-filled Confessions of Georgia Nicolson books.
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Jon Ronson
Writer and documentary film maker grew up in Cardiff and began his journalistic career as an award-winning columnist for Time Out. He has also written the popular "Human Zoo" and "Out of the Ordinary" columns for The Guardian, where he contributes features.
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Justin Cartwright
Novelist was born in South Africa and came to university in the UK when he was 19.
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