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Jasper Kent (born 1968) is an English author and composer. As a composer his work is generally in the field of musical theatre and his novels include ''Twelve'', ''Thirteen Years Later'', ''The Third Section'', ''The People's Will'' and ''The Last Rite'' comprising the five books of the Danilov Quintet. == Biography == Born in Worcestershire, England, Jasper was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and read Natural Sciences (specializing in theoretical physics) at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge.〔http://fantasybookreview.co.uk/Jasper-Kent/biography.html Biographical details taken from Fantasy Book Review.co.uk〕 After graduating he worked as a software developer and consultant focusing on object-oriented languages such as C++ and C# and template metaprogramming. Notable clients have included Citigroup, Deloitte and Touche, BP, Hughes Aircraft and the UNICC. Jasper also provides training courses for Learning Tree International. Kent has worked for almost twenty years in musical theatre as a singer, instrumentalist, musical director and composer. He has performed backing vocals for various artistes including Hinge and Bracket, Stig Rossen and Russell Watson and in the role of musical director has conducted, amongst others, Lucy Montgomery〔http://www.pbjmgt.co.uk/artist/lucy-montgomery PBJ Management website〕 and Daniel Boys.〔http://www.danielskittens.co.uk/forum/biography.php Biography of Daniel Boys〕 His four complete musicals are ''Writer’s Cramp'' and ''Malvolio’s Revenge'' (both written with Robert Renton) and ''The Promised Land'' and ''Remember! Remember!'' (with Robert Piatt and Robert Starr).〔http://www.remember-remember.com/creative.php Official website for Remember! Remember!〕 ''The Promised Land'' was commissioned for and performed as part of the Jerusalem 3000 celebrations in 1996. ''Remember! Remember!'', a musical dramatization of the events of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, has been produced as a studio CD recording〔http://www.remember-remember.com/music_sales.php Official website for Remember! Remember!〕 and was premiered in Lewes, Sussex, England in October 2008.〔http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/entertainment-guide/Review-Remember-Remember.4556023.jp Sussex Express〕 Jasper lives in the coastal Sussex town of Brighton. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jasper Kent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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