Jasper Kent

Jasper Kent, born in 1968 in Worcestershire, England, is an English author and composer known for his historical horror novels, particularly the Danilov Quintet series including Twelve and Thirteen Years Later. He studied Natural Sciences at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, specializing in physics, and has worked over twenty-five years as a software consultant while writing fiction and musicals. He lives in Hove, East Sussex, with his partner and dog.

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