Many authors have called the county home over the years from Kate Mosse who grew up in Felpham and now lives near Chichester, The Gruffalo’s Julia Donaldson calls Steyning home and Peter James was born in Brighton.
5. Virginia Woolf
Monk’s House, Lewes was Leonard and Virginia Woolf’s 16th-century country retreat. Picture: Peter Cripps
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6. A.A Milne
Ashdown Forest inspired A A Milne’s Winnie the Pooh’s 100 Acre Wood. PIcture: Peter Cripps
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7. Kate Mosse
Author Kate Mosse grew up in Felpham and now lives near Chichester. Picture: Louise Adams
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8. Graham Greene
Brighton Rock is a murder thriller novel by Graham Greene, published in 1938. It is set in 1930s Brighton.
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