Jane Bussmann (born 1969 in

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, London) is an English comedian and author, who has written for television and radio. Her credits include ''

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'', ''

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'', as well as the radio series '' Bussmann and Quantick Kingsize'' with

David Quantick David Quantick (born 14 May 1961) is an English novelist, comedy writer and critic, who has worked as a journalist and screenwriter. A former freelance writer for the music magazine ''NME'', his writing credits have included '' On the Hour'', ' ...

. Bussmann also wrote and starred in "Bussmann's Holiday", a live one-woman show, directed by

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, which played in Los Angeles, New York City and Edinburgh. The show was based on Bussmann's experience of following conflict negotiator John Prendergast to

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, which she has since written about in her darkly comic memoir '' The Worst Date Ever or How it Took a Comedy Writer to Expose Africa's Secret War'', published in 2009. Bussmann and Quantick also created ''

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Bibliography

* ''Once in a Lifetime: The Crazy Days of Acid House and Afterwards'', 1998, Virgin Books * ''The Worst Date Ever: War Crimes, Hollywood Heart-Throbs and Other Abominations'', 2009, Macmillan

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