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A Writer's Diary

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Toby Litt
is a writer and environmental activist. His novels include  Corpsing,  Ghost Story,  Patience and  A Writer’s Diary. His run on the comic Dead Boy Detectives is the basis for the 8-part Netflix series. Toby is Head of Creative Writing at the University of Southampton. Here on Substack he writes, A Writer’s Diary.

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