Albert Jack is the pen name of English writer

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 Graham Willmott, born in Guildford

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, Surrey on 24 April 1964 and noted for his books Red Herrings and White Elephants (2004), Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep (2005), Pop Goes the Weasel (2008) and It's a Wonderful Word (2011).

Jack's first book, Red Herrings and White Elephants sold over 110,000 copies in its first two weeks and remained in the Sunday Times Top Ten for sixteen months. By the end of 2005, both Red Herrings and Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep were listed in the bestseller list. His books have become bestsellers in Great Britain

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 and Europe

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, America

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, Canada

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, South Africa

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, Australia

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. They have been translated into many different languages. He currently lives in Cape Town

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, South Africa

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 and Guildford

Guildford

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 in England

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, where he holds writing workshops for unpublished authors.