Fforde's first novel, The Eyre Affair, was published in 2001.

Fforde published his first novel, The Eyre Affair, in 2001.

The Eyre Affair had received 76 publisher rejections before its eventual acceptance for publication.

"So I wrote 'The Eyre Affair' basically for myself."

He maintains a Web site for "Eyre Affair" fans, JasperFforde.com.

Jane Eyre will never be the same after "The Eyre Affair."

Me: Hey, what did you think of that book The Eyre Affair?

Pickwick was 12 in 1985, when The Eyre Affair is set, and has some unusual characteristics, including missing wings.

Hades appears as the principal villain of The Eyre Affair.

Appears briefly at the end of Eyre Affair, questioning Thursday about her father.