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- Peter Ackroyd was born on October 5, 1949 in London, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for The Limehouse Golem (2016), The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein and The Mystery of Charles Dickens (2000).
- Acclaimed English writer noted for his works on London and Charles Dickens.
- He was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2003 Queen's New Year's Honours List for his services to Literature.
- Was raised by his mother, Audrey Whiteside, and his grandmother on a council estate near Wormwood Scrubs prison.
- In the Independent of Sunday 2006 Pink List - a list of the most influential gay men and women - he came no. 11, up from no. 13.
- London has always provided the landscape for my imagination. It becomes a character - a living being - within each of my books.
- All cities are impressive in their way, because they represent the aspiration of men to lead a common life; those people who wish to live agreeable lives, and in constant intercourse with one another, will build a city as beautiful as Paris. Those whose relations are founded principally upon commerce and upon the ferocious claims of domestic privacy will build a city as ugly and as unwieldy as London.
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