Nicholas Jubber is a

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travel writer. He was educated at

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and

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. After obtaining a degree in English, he taught in

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. He has travelled throughout South America, Europe, the Middle East and East Africa. He has worked as a journalist and is also a produced playwright; one of his plays was staged at the

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. He has written five books: * ''The Prester Quest'' (winner of the Dolman Prize) * ''Drinking Arak Off an Ayatollah’s Beard'' (nominated for the Dolman Prize) * ''The Timbuktu School for Nomads'' * ''Epic Continent'' (nominated for the Dolman Prize) * ''The Fairy Tellers''

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