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Also Known As	Nicholas Hornby
Born	April 17, 1957 (age 69) • England
Notable Works	“A Long Way Down” • “About a Boy” • “An Education” • “Brooklyn” • “Fever Pitch” • “Funny Girl” • “High Fidelity” • “Housekeeping vs. the Dirt” • “How to Be Good” • “Juliet, Naked” • “Just Like You” • “More Baths, Less Talking • “Shakespeare Wrote for Money” • “Ten Years in the Tub” • “The Polysyllabic Spree” • “Wild”

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