Matt Brown
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Matt Brown (2 spaces): Has the podcast The Matt Brown Show, experiments with ChatGPT
Matt Brown (3 spaces): GRs author of sci/fi, horror, & children’s books,
has the Compton Valance series
Matt Brown (4 spaces): German westerns
Matt Brown (5 spaces): tiny houses
Matt Brown (6 spaces): GRs author of Christian books
Matt Brown (14 spaces): GRs author of the Everything You Know About ___ Is Wrong books
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Douglas Noel Adams was an English author, humourist, and screenwriter, best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (HHGTTG). Originally a 1978 BBC radio comedy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy developed into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime. It was further developed into a television series, several stage plays, comics, a video game, and a 2005 feature film. Adams's contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy's Hall of Fame.
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